SENATORS SEND LETTER TO SC AG ASKING FOR INVESTIGATION OF NELSON BILL
South Carolina’s top prosecutor will be leading a group of attorneys general from across the country in reviewing a controversial deal that gave Senate Democrats a necessary 60th vote for their health care [...]
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (RINO-S.C.) wants an investigation of the shady, taxpayer-funded payoff made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) to secure the vote of U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) on President Barack Obama’s socialized medicine proposal.
We agree with him on that much, too.
Taxpayers are [...]
DEMOCRAT HEALTH CARE BILL CLEARS PROCEDURAL HURDLES IN SENATE
With the battle over socialized health care reaching its final showdown in the U.S. Senate this week, members of South Carolina’s Congressional delegation are speaking out on the controversial legislation.
Sen. Lindsey Graham has become the most [...]
Recent Congressional Votes
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Senate: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Recent Senate Votes [...]
In the early morning hours Monday, Senate Democrats cleared their first procedural hurdle in what has become a no-holds-barred effort to pass a version of president Barack Obama’s socialized medicine plan before Christmas.
All forty Republicans – even the RINOs – voted against moving the legislation [...]
Senator Tom Coburn has given up on trying to persuade and now hopes God will smite some Senate Democrats:
U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) indicated over the weekend that he would support his colleagues in the majority party in their push to pass a socialized medicine bill by Christmas.
Barring any unforeseen developments, that gives Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid sixty votes to work [...]
SENATOR SAYS FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday had harsh words for Senate Democrats who finagled a deal to pick up a critical 60th vote for their plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system.
Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Graham took umbrage [...]
SENATOR: ATTORNEY GENERAL IS ‘RIGHT CANDIDATE’ FOR SC GOV.
The last Republican nominee for president is asking South Carolina voters to support his pick to be the next Republican nominee for governor in South Carolina.
U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) sent an email to South Carolina residents on Thursday [...]
SENATOR VOTED WITH PART 91 PERCENT OF TIME
The same Washington Post data that revealed Congressman Gresham Barrett has skipped out on more votes than any U.S. House member this year also brought to light another interesting fact: Sen. Lindsey Graham is [...]
CONGRESSMAN HAS MISSED STAGGERING 35% OF VOTES, MOST OF ANY U.S. HOUSE MEMBER
The people of South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District pay Congressman Gresham Barrett a cozy $174,000 per year, plus some pretty cushy benefits. But they may [...]
U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett has the poorest attendance record of any lawmaker in Washington, D.C., missing 34.7% of Congressional votes this year, according to an analysis compiled by the Washington Post.
Barrett has missed 337 out of 971 Congressional votes this year – the most of [...]
By an 18 to 6 vote, the committee decided Sanford's misuse of state aircraft and five-day disappearance to visit his [...]
Dobbs stated, “This bill includes [...]
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTES 18-6 AGAINST MEASURE TO REMOVE GOV.
The effort to remove Gov. Mark Sanford from office came to an end on Wednesday, as the South Carolina House judiciary committee killed a measure to impeach the embattled governor.
But a formal censure of the governor was unanimously approved [...]
