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House passes health care bill on close vote
Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.
Gaston County residents to Congress: Hands off our health care
Rep. Sue Myrick has a long list of reasons to vote against the national health care bill.
NC congressman too rushed to find airport parking
Congressmen Patrick McHenry apparently parked his SUV illegally at the Charlotte airport so he could make a flight.
N.C. congressman too rushed to find airport parking
A North Carolina congressman dashing to catch a plane dumped his SUV at the end of a row of properly parked cars at Charlotte's airport.
Congressman Patrick McHenry too rushed to find parking spot at airport
A busy schedule reportedly led U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry to park illegally at a nearby airport over the weekend.
This Week In Questionably Scheduled Fundraisers
LIQUIDITY LUNCH : According to an invitation obtained by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation, Rep.
1,990 pages at $2.2 million a word
It runs more pages than War and Peace, has nearly five times as many words as the Torah, and its tables of contents alone run far longer than this story.
GOP Heavyweight Makes Stop in Denver
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum Headlined a Fundraiser for the 10th District GOP Monday at Verdict Ridge By Jason Saine DENVER, NC - Ending a day long tour of the middle part of the state of North Carolina, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum was the featured speaker at a fundraiser for the 10th Congressional District Republican ...
After Right-Wing Attacks, SEIU Cuts Old ACORN Ties
Out of the blue, at a September 30 congressional hearing on the Consumer Financial Products Safety Commission, Rep.
Businessman to challenge Rep. McHenry in GOP primary
Vance Patterson takes the concept of a stump speech a bit more literally than most politicians.
Democrats Vote To Reward Trial Lawyers At The Expense Of Consumers
During consideration of H.R. 3126, legislation to establish a Consumer Financial Protection Agency , Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee voted against two amendments offered by Republicans that would prevent abusive litigation.
Second candidate to challenge McHenry
The Republican field of candidates vying for the North Carolina 10th Congressional District seat continues to grow.
After days of trying to chip away at creation of a consumer financial protection agency, Republicans on Wednesday decided to just go all in: They pitched an amendment to kill off all federal bank regulatory agencies after five years.
House Conservatives Fund Won't Fund Hoffman -- By: Robert Costa
Rep. Patrick McHenry is the head of the House Conservatives Fund , a non-connected federal PAC supported by more than 100 fiscally and socially conservative members of Congress.
Iredell County Commissioner Scott Keadle said he is serious about his run for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Lenoir receives final approval for water project
Lenoir has cleared a final hurdle in the effort to extend its water intake system farther and deeper into Lake Rhodhiss.
Candidates will challenge McHenry
At least two people, one of them a Morganton businessman, will challenge three-term U.S. Rep.
In an amusing case of the pot calling the kettle, Anna Burger, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union , told Representative Rep.
Five Carolinas reps co-sign call for Jennings removal
Originally published: Oct. 14, 2009, 4:57 p.m. Updated: Oct. 15, 2009, 1:25 p.m. Kevin Jennings Right-wing groups have taken aim at an openly gay Obama Administration official after conservative media and several activists and pundits chastised the official over sex advice he gave a gay student in 1988.
53 House Republicans call on Obama to fire Kevin Jennings
A group of 53 Republican members of the House has sent a letter to the president asking for the removal of Kevin Jennings, the gay activist who now runs the Education Department's Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools.
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