Democrats who control the Senate may try to quickly discard the impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis, a group of GOP senators said on Tuesday.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 11:24 pm
By: Daily Wire
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At the December Board meeting, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $650,000 to support two projects through the Open Grants Program and $3,080,000 to support five projects through the SITE Program.
Published: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 @ 12:20 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $650,000 to support two projects through the Open Grants Program and $3,080,000 to support five projects through the SITE Program.
Published: Monday, February 26th, 2024 @ 10:04 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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In the final days of state budget negotiations, there was a pressurized hush around the legislative complex as lawmakers feuded over the sudden addition of legalizing four casinos to the nearly $30 billion state budget.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In their second attempt following a failed attempt last week, House Republicans managed on Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis with the return of Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA).
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 8:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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Top legislative leaders filed paperwork Monday to intervene in three federal lawsuits challenging North Carolina election law.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 11:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sens. Ted Budd, R-NC, and Thom TIllis, R-NC. signed on to a letter Wednesday, along with 11 other senators, to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, urging him to keep the U.S. Senate in session until all 12 appropriations bills have been debated and passed by the Senate.
Published: Thursday, February 1st, 2024 @ 11:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Thursday that restructures the North Carolina State Board of Elections by splitting the appointments between the majority and minority legislative leaders.
Published: Sunday, January 14th, 2024 @ 4:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina General Assembly sent Gov. Roy Cooper a bill on Friday that restructures the North Carolina State Board of Elections by splitting the appointments between the majority and minority legislative leaders.
Published: Wednesday, January 10th, 2024 @ 12:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who served as temporary House speaker during a leadership fight this fall, announced on Tuesday that he will not seek-election in 2024.
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 2:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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Majority think President Biden was involved in Hunter’s business dealings in Ukraine and China.
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 10:56 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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"A lot of these bills function as what I call a Freddy Krueger bill," said Rep. Keith Kidwell, R-Beaufort. "Right about the time you think they are dead, someone breathes new life into them."
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 12:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After another week of taking petty squabbling and gross incompetency to new heights, Congressional Republicans are taking the weekend to brainstorm how to possibly embarrass themselves even further.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 9:16 am
By: Babylon Bee
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A bill passed by the House Alcohol Beverage Control Committee would allow ABC boards to permit ABC stores to be open on Sundays in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, December 8th, 2023 @ 6:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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House Republicans are considering a “unity pledge” meant to bring the conference together and elect a new speaker in the nearly three weeks since Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was voted out of the role.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 12:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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The third time was not the charm for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as he lost another House floor vote for speaker on Friday with the least amount of support he’s received so far.
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 7:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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House Republicans have rejected a plan to give temporarily broader powers to interim Speaker Patrick McHenry (R-NC).
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 4:58 am
By: Daily Wire
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The race for House Speaker is a wide open question more than two weeks after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was booted from the role.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 8:23 am
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) lost a second ballot for House speaker, getting one less vote than he did in the first round.
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2023 @ 2:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry, R-NC, is the interim speaker of the United States House of Representatives. It follows the historic GOP vote Tuesday afternoon to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 11:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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House Democrats are ready to formalize talks about putting together a bipartisan coalition to elect a new speaker, according to Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
Published: Saturday, October 28th, 2023 @ 6:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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House Republicans selected Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday night to be their fourth nominee for speaker in the three weeks since Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was voted out of the role.
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2023 @ 7:22 am
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) secured a pivotal endorsement from a high-powered Republican as he works to gather enough votes to be elected the next Speaker of the House.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 3:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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GOP Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana said the House Republican conference needed a week’s recess to “decompress” after a contentious vote that removed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as House speaker.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 3:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was forced to vacate the speakership on Tuesday after Democrats voted in support of Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) motion to vacate the speakership.
Published: Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 @ 2:10 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The GOP-led House opted not to hold any more votes on Tuesday after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to win the speakership in the first and only ballot of the day.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 12:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on Sunday he believes Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will rally enough support to become the next Speaker of the House.
Published: Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 @ 7:28 am
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to garner enough support to become the next speaker of the GOP-led House in the first round of voting on Tuesday.
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 12:42 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said on Sunday that his first directive, if elected Speaker of the House, would be in support of Israel.
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 8:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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The vast majority of the GOP-led House rallied behind a resolution voicing support for Israel as it goes to war with Hamas after the militant group launched a deadly attack on Israel from Gaza over the weekend.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 4:33 pm
By: Daily Wire
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An appointments bill, which will clear the North Carolina Senate this week, nominates former high-ranking staffers and politicians to various boards and commissions across the state.
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2023 @ 11:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A pair of election integrity bills passed Thursday in the North Carolina Senate. S.B. 747, Election Law Changes, and S.B. 749, No Partisan Advantage in Elections, both passed with a vote of 28-19.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2023 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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