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Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul, whose spirited campaign for the Republican presidential nomination last year elicited a great deal of enthusiasm and intensity but not nearly enough votes, has used his newfound prominence to push for a measure that has long been close to his heart.

Troutman resident Dot Gilley never felt passionately enough about anything to attend a rally before Saturday.

Happy Thursday! At some point last month, Rep. Michele Bachmann said she would refuse to fill out anything more than the number of people in her household on her Census questionnaire .

As the calendar flips from June to July, we are now halfway through 2009 . Sanford and Lieberman made some news today, but there is campaign news as well on this first Wednesday of July: NJ-Gov: New FD Polls Shows A Tighter Race Between Corzine-Christie? When an incumbent is losing, it is hard to ever consider it GOOD news for the incumbent.

Unprecedented climate change legislation calling for the a oecap and tradea of industrial carbon emissions squeaked through the U.S. House of Representatives by a count of seven votes Friday.

Three Republican members of the House subcommittee overseeing the 2010 census are asking a fellow Republican, Rep.

Louisiana and South Carolina may share a reputation for producing wacked out, goofy, or just plain odd politicians, but those states have nothing on North Carolina.

Congressman Patrick McHenry released the following statement regarding his vote against H.R. 2454, the cap-and-trade bill.

Perhaps it's fatigue. Perhaps it's simply a coincidence. But the past hour of today's hearing surrounding Ben Bernanke's handling of Charlotte-based Bank of America has become long-winded and aimless.

Enemies turned allies; Rep. McHenry and Shane Cooper. Remember Rep. Patrick McHenry? McHenry is a Republican member of Congress from North Carolina who, back in August of 2007 , sharply ridiculed and mocked the bike commuter tax benefit when it came up in Congress as part of an energy bill.

Description: Rep. Patrick McHenry, , on whether Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was too involved in Bank of America's deal with Merrill Lynch.

Why an ObamaCare "Public Plan" Should Be An Easy Target :After Obamacare ran into trouble in Congress last week, the Left grasped at isolated questions in the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal and CBS/New York Times polls, purporting to show overwhelming support for a government-run insurance plan.

Snark sells, and Washington is trading in it heavily these days. Illustration by Matt Wuerker When Rep.

In congressional hearings today, more evidence surfaced that Bank of America was pressured into its takeover of Merrill Lynch.

Our 10th District congressman, Patrick McHenry, continues to attract personal good fortune like a magnet.

North Carolina Republicans picked former Raleigh mayor Tom Fetzer on Saturday to marshal the state GOP's message, manpower and money leading up to elections next year headlined by a U.S. Senate race.

Bank of America 's chief executive, Kenneth D. Lewis, is testifying Thursday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which is looking into his bank's acquisition of Merrill Lynch .

For many, many years the function of counting the number of US citizens and residents living in the US and its territories was non-political and free from manipulation by any political party.

Bob Levy, chairman of the Moore County Republican Party, will head a delegation of about 40 to the state GOP convention in Raleigh this weekend.

The North Carolina Republican Party will hold its annual convention at the Raleigh Convention Center, Friday through Sunday.