Cecil Bothwell, who is campaigning to succeed Heath Shuler as the representative of North Carolina’s 11th congressional district, has applied for an endorsement by the Progressive Democrats of America. One of the most significant items in Bothwell’s agenda, as identified in his application to the PDA, is the reduction of wasteful spending through the military.
Representative Heath Shuler of North Carolina has an interesting conception of the authority of a Congressman. After complaining that Nancy Pelosi never talks to him, Shuler made a grab for sour grapes. From Politico: “Pelosi wouldn’t be welcome in his or other centrists’ districts, he said. Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Assistant Leader James [...]
When tea party activists and a coalition of other citizens in North Carolina invited Senator Richard Burr to a civic forum, Burr turned down the invitation. He just didn’t have the time, you see. In the middle of the summer congressional recess. Richard Burr did, on the other hand, have time to party hardy with [...]
Look at when the dozens and dozens of corporate managers and executives in the South Carolina-based SCANA corporation independently decided, all on their own, to send campaign contributions to North Carolina Senator Richard Burr: All the “independent” contributions come in April and May of 2009, with none before and none after from SCANA employees for [...]
Heath Shuler was was charging admission to that BBQ, and a very high price of admission at that: $1,000 for a plate of BBQ.
The earmark would provide two million dollars to military contractor General Dynamics, which just so happens to be operating the Autonomous Anti-Submarine Warfare Vertical Beam Array Sonar project program out of McLeansville, North Carolina, which is in Representative Coble’s district.
How is it that Virginia Foxx believes that the Democratic majority in Congress managed to cause the price of crude oil to rise years before it actually came into being?
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