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bid to stop child genital mutilation follows other European countries
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 @ 9:54 am
By: John Steed
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The General Assembly overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 747, “An Act to Make Various Changes Regarding Election Law,” on October 10. The party-line votes were 30-19 in the Senate and 72-44 in the House.
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 6:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Wednesday night that will continue to fund the government at current levels until early 2024.
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 1:23 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Senate voted on Wednesday night to approve Air Force General Charles “CQ” Brown, President Joe Biden’s pick to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 5:40 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) set up votes on a trio of key military nominations after Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) threatened to force action that would begin to crack the months-long standoff over a Pentagon abortion policy.
Published: Thursday, October 12th, 2023 @ 2:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper said today he will veto Senate Bill 747, the dangerous election bill that makes it harder for people, especially young people, college students away from home and people of color to vote and for their votes to count.
Published: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Monday, The North Carolina Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 579, “Prevent Harm to Children,” which increases penalties for presenting obscene materials to minors.
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2023 @ 6:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate voted on Wednesday to repeal the authorizations for the Iraq and Persian Gulf wars decades after they were instituted.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 12:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Senate unanimously passed a bill that would ban the use of TikTok on government devices amid growing national security concerns over the Chinese-owned social media platform.
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2022 @ 8:32 am
By: Daily Wire
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The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to repeal Democrat President Joe Biden’s federal vaccine mandate for private employers with companies that employ 100 or more people.
Published: Friday, June 10th, 2022 @ 5:25 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Senate voted Wednesday evening to adjourn the longest long session of the legislature in decades, effective March 10.
Published: Sunday, March 13th, 2022 @ 1:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Sources connected to the North Carolina House and the North Carolina Senate confirmed to CJ that they have firm commitments from enough Democrats in both chambers of the General Assembly to pass a final compromise with enough votes that Gov. Roy Cooper will either have to sign the budget or allow it
Published: Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 @ 7:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Senate has voted again, 27-15, to place new limits on the governor’s emergency powers. The Senate’s endorsement of the measure returns the issue to the state House.
Published: Wednesday, October 20th, 2021 @ 11:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Jaden Ng, 13, and her family sat in the gallery on Thursday morning to watch the N.C. Senate vote to ban abortions sought based on the likelihood of Down syndrome
Published: Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 @ 8:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Senate has tentatively voted to reopen schools, despite pushback from Democrats to block full in-person learning for older students.
Published: Friday, February 5th, 2021 @ 10:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Sworn testimony by data experts before the Judiciary Committee of the Georgia State Senate show votes for President Trump being removed on election night.
Published: Sunday, January 3rd, 2021 @ 11:17 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate Democrats do not appear to have the votes that they need to prolong President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial by calling for more witnesses and documents.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2020 @ 3:01 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The Democrats proposed an amendment on trial procedures and after hours of debating, it was brought to a vote and quickly slapped down
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 @ 2:06 pm
By: LifeZette
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State senators voted June 12 to repeal the Map Act, the law allowing the N.C. Department of Transportation to freeze development on property within a highway corridor. The vote was unanimous.
Published: Friday, June 14th, 2019 @ 1:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A handful of Democratic senators walked out in protest of the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Friday on the confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after it became clear that Republicans have the votes to recommend Kavanaugh to the Senate.
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 2:25 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Senate voted swiftly to override two of Gov. Roy Cooper’s most recent vetoes Tuesday, June 26, sending them to the House, which is expected to take its own override votes Wednesday
Published: Wednesday, July 11th, 2018 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There were enough votes to pass the Continuing Resolution in the U.S. Senate, for the Federal Budget to not have a lapse in funding, on a simple majority vote; however, failed to win the 60 votes to avoid a Democrat filibuster, and therefore failed here in the literal eleventh hour.
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2018 @ 1:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Senate voted to override two of Gov. Roy Cooper's remaining vetoes during a Wednesday evening session. With total debate time of less than 20 minutes and party-line votes of 30-9, both measures became law
Published: Friday, September 1st, 2017 @ 3:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After roughly two hours of debate, Thursday evening the Republican-led Senate passed a $22.9 billion General Fund budget for the 2017-19 fiscal cycle by an initial 34-15 party-line vote, more than the 30 votes that would be needed to override a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper
Published: Sunday, May 21st, 2017 @ 9:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina General Assembly passed the Disaster Recovery Act of 2016 by a unanimous vote of 49-0 in the Senate and a unanimous vote of 115-0 in the House.
Published: Monday, December 19th, 2016 @ 5:37 am
By: Bill Cook
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As Democrats and Republicans actively contest North Carolina's governorship, U.S. Senate seat, and 15 electoral votes for president this fall, don't expect them to ignore other races on the ballot
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2016 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Democrats' victory, and Republican Ryan's defeat, was garishly displayed when his omnibus got more Democratic votes in the House and in the Senate than it got Republican votes.
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 11:25 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Senator Harry Brown said the Senate would not have budget votes this week as originally planned. "It may get delayed a few days," he said last week. "There's a few pieces where the provisions are just difficult to put together - some education provisions and (health and human services) provisions."
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2015 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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All of the pundits are declaring Thom Tillis the hands-down winner of the GOP primary for US Senate — a whole month before the first votes get cast.
Published: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 @ 12:15 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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If North Carolina voters send Thom Tillis to Washington, they could find themselves in the same boat as Charlotte voters who recently elected Patrick Cannon as their mayor.
Published: Saturday, March 29th, 2014 @ 8:02 am
By: Brant Clifton
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There's been quite a bit of suspicion for some time that Charlotte pastor Mark Harris' Senate campaign was merely a stalking horse to peel Tea Party votes away from Greg Brannon.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 @ 2:50 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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A surprise 11th-hour deal to restore a funding mechanism for Winston-Salem State University to purchase an iconic stadium sparked heated debate in House...
Published: Thursday, August 8th, 2013 @ 2:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We've been hearing all about "a grand compromise" in the US Senate over filibusters and votes over Obama administration nominees. Let's review the details of the "compromise".
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 12:07 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Who could possibly be against protecting women against violence? The renewal of the disingenuously-named Violence Against Women Act sailed through the Senate with 78 of 100 votes and 238 votes out of 435 (87 GOP votes) in the House.
Published: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 @ 8:39 am
By: Brant Clifton
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