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House remapping plan would make future brighter for GOP
RALEIGH – The proposed redistricting map for the state House released Tuesday would give Republicans a brighter future in their efforts to retain majorities in that chamber.
The House currently is made up of 67 Republicans, 52 Democrats and one independent, who caucuses with the Republicans.
GOP presidential candidate John McCain would have carried 78 of the 120 districts had they been in place in 2008. Democratic candidate and current President Barack Obama would have carried 42.
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"I think it's time to get cracking on fracking."
Rep. John Blust Guilford County Republican, on an energy before the state House....
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RALEIGH – The proposed redistricting map for the state House released Tuesday would give Republicans a brighter future in their efforts to retain majorities in that chamber. The House currently is made up of 67 Republicans, 52 Democrats and one independent, who caucuses with the Republicans.
RALEIGH — The Republican-led Senate made quick work Wednesday of Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue's vetoes by overriding all six returned to the chamber since the General Assembly last left town, including medical malpractice litigation changes and a bill targeting the state's largest teacher
RALEIGH – Republicans, swept into power for the first time since Reconstruction last year, will likely have their Democratic rivals seeing red for the next decade if new political maps unveiled Tuesday become law. An early analysis of the proposed state Senate redistricting map shows that 31
Gov. Bev Perdue hopes lawmakers will fix vetoed bills
RALEIGH (AP) — Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue says she's made clear her problems with some bills and believes the Republican-led General Assembly can ease her concerns or play politics and try to override her vetoes. Perdue said Tuesday on the eve of the Legislature's return to Raleigh that
Lawmakers returning to draw maps, consider vetoes
RALEIGH — State lawmakers who rushed out of Raleigh last month after completing the state budget and most of their work gradually are returning this week to tackle redistricting and to try to override Gov. Beverly Perdue's vetoes. The reconvened session at the General Assembly begins Wednesda.
Carolina Journal: Bill cutting red tape earns red ink
Gov. Bev Perdue surprised the General Assembly June 30 when she vetoed a regulatory reform bill that largely reflected an executive order she issued last year. Perdue claims she is “strongly in favor of regulatory reform,” but says the bill goes too far and may be unconstitutional.
New Faces in the Legislature
Glen Bradley, Republican, House District 49
Meet Glen Bradley
Not
that long ago, Glen Bradley was disenchanted with both major political
parties and didn’t get involved with politics. Then in 2007 he met Ron
Paul, a Republican congressman from Texas who is making his third bid
for the presidential nomination. Bradley said that Paul encouraged him
to get involved in politics.
Bradley campaigned for Paul during his
2008 presidential bid and got involved in the Franklin County Republican
Party, where he became the party’s first vice chairman.
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Senate gets to work overriding vetoes
It doesn’t take the state Senate long to override one of Gov. Bev Perdue’s vetoes. In fact, not quite an hour had passed before the Senate convened, took care of some administrative matters, voted to override a Perdue veto not one but six times and gaveled the session to a close on Wednesday. Senate President.
______________________________________Lawmakers ready to begin redistricting session, consider vetoes
If you’re like Mark Twain and believe that no one’s life liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session, then take a deep breath. The General Assembly has been adjourned since June 18. But don’t get too relaxed. Lawmakers will be back in Raleigh on Wednesday to commence their decennial chore of
______________________________________Analyst offers advice on drawing minority districts
Anita Earls, executive director, of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, said it was possible to redraw the 1st Congressional District to maintain the same percentage of black voting age population at roughly the same level as it is now. Earls spoke at during a public hearing at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh.
______________________________________NAACP’s William Barber says expect court challenge
The Rev. William Barber, president of the NC NAACP, told the Joint Redistricting Committee during a public hearing on Thursday. Barber said he realized that Republicans had the majorities in the General Assembly to pass the congressional plan, which he said ran askew of the Voting Rights Act. He also hinted at legal battles ahead.
______________________________________Map drawers getting an earful at public hearing
The first two speakers at a redistricting hearing have had completely opposite opinions of proposed congressional maps. “I find it to be an abomination to the principles of representative government,” said Bruce Springthorpe, speaking from Guilford Technical College. He said the Founding Fathers set up a Congress where representatives could be thrown out every two.
______________________________________“Veto” stamped on four more bills
Veto, veto, veto, veto. Count them. Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue on Thursday vetoed four bills passed in the waning hours of the 2011 session passed by the Republican-dominated General Assembly. She signed three bills and returned four others to the General Assembly without taking any further action, meaning they will become law without her signature.
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