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Coverage of the meetings of the Macon County Board of County Commissioners.
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Coverage of the meetings of the Macon County School Board.
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| Broun (R-GA-10) | ||
| Campbell (R-CA-48) | ||
| Cassidy (R-LA-6) | ||
| Flake (R-AZ-6) | ||
| Foxx (R-NC-5) | ||
| Garrett (R-NJ-5) | ||
| Hensarling (R-TX-5) | ||
| Jenkins (R-KS-2) | ||
| Kline, J. (R-MN-2) | ||
| Lamborn (R-CO-5) | ||
| Linder (R-GA-7) | ||
| Lummis (R-WY-AL) | ||
| McClintock (R-CA-4) | ||
| Minnick (D-ID-1) | ||
| Pence (R-IN-6) | ||
| Petri (R-WI-6) | ||
| Pitts (R-PA-16) | ||
| Price, T. (R-GA-6) | ||
| Ryan, P. (R-WI-1) | ||
| Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5) | ||
| Shadegg (R-AZ-3) | ||
| Westmoreland (R-GA-3) |
Blue Dog Leadership Team
0% Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration
0% Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy
0% Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA-03), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications
1% Rep. Heath Shuler (NC-11), Blue Dog Whip
Blue Dog Members
1% Altmire, Jason (PA-04)
0% Arcuri, Mike (NY-24)
0% Baca, Joe (CA-43)
1% Barrow, John (GA-12)
0% Berry, Marion (AR-01)
0% Bishop, Sanford (GA-02)
0% Boren, Dan (OK-02)
0% Boswell, Leonard (IA-03)
0% Boyd, Allen (FL-02)
61% Bright, Bobby (AL-02)
0% Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18)
0% Carney, Christopher (PA-10)
0% Chandler, Ben (KY-06)
0% Childers, Travis (MS-01)
97% Cooper, Jim (TN-05)
0% Costa, Jim (CA-20)
0% Cuellar, Henry (TX-28)
1% Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03)
0% Davis, Lincoln (TN-04)
0% Donnelly, Joe (IN-02)
0% Ellsworth, Brad (IN-08)
19% Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-08)
0% Gordon, Bart (TN-06)
0% Griffith, Parker (AL-05)
0% Harman, Jane (CA-36)
0% Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (SD)
0% Hill, Baron (IN-09)
0% Holden, Tim (PA-17)
1% Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01)
0% McIntyre, Mike (NC-07)
4% Marshall, Jim (GA-03)
6% Matheson, Jim (UT-02)
0% Melancon, Charlie (LA-03)
0% Michaud, Mike (ME-02)
100% Minnick, Walt (ID-01)
25% Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05)
0% Moore, Dennis (KS-03)
0% Murphy, Patrick (PA-08)
22% Nye, Glenn (VA-02)
0% Peterson, Collin (MN-07)
0% Pomeroy, Earl (ND)
0% Ross, Mike (AR-04)
0% Salazar, John (CO-03)
0% Sanchez, Loretta (CA-47)
0% Schiff, Adam (CA-29)
0% Scott, David (GA-13)
1% Shuler, Heath (NC-11)
0% Space, Zack (OH-18)
0% Tanner, John (TN-08)
5% Taylor, Gene (MS-04)
0% Thompson, Mike (CA-01)
0% Wilson, Charles (OH-06)
After battling through the weekend to reach a compromise with congressional Democrats, the White House yesterday dispatched Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to sell the plan to restive Republican senators. But many GOP lawmakers emerged from a combative luncheon with Bolten unconvinced the plan would compel Detroit automakers to make the painful changes necessary to restore them to profitability.
After mostly partisan debate, the House voted 237 to 170 to approve the measure. But with Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) and other conservatives threatening to block consideration of the measure, even some Republican advocates of the bailout said it is unlikely to attract sufficient GOP support to win approval in the closely divided Senate.
"I don't think the votes are there on our side of the aisle," said Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-Ohio), a stalwart champion of the auto industry. "Some effort needs to be made to respond the concerns of my colleagues."
Source: WaPo
Here is how the North Carolina delegation voted:
For Passage of Bailout Bill
Bob Etheridge (NC-02);Brad Miller (NC-13);David Price (NC-04);Mel Watt (NC-12)
Against Passage of Bailout Bill
GK Butterfield (NC-01); Howard Coble (NC-06); Virginia Foxx (NC-05); Robin Hayes (NC-08); Walter Jones (NC-03); Patrick McHenry (NC-10); Mike McIntyre (NC-07); Sue Myrick (NC-09); Heath Shuler NC-11)
Source: Roll Call Vote #690
Bill Text: HR 7321 Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act (not yet posted, but will be here)
I am glad to see Congressman Shuler voting with the Republicans on this issue.
WASHINGTON - House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil -- about a three-day supply -- from the national stockpile.
Democrats vowed that the action would have produced immediate relief at the pump, as was the case with similar releases in 1991, 2000 and 2005. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve now holds about 700 million barrels.
Despite winning a clear 268-157 majority, the measure still lost. Democratic leaders had brought the proposal up for debate under rules requiring a two-thirds vote to pass.
But passing the bill by just a majority would have meant allowing Republicans to force a vote on new offshore drilling leases.
"They're hiding from a vote," said GOP leader John Boehner of Ohio. "They're scared to death to allow us to ... force their members to vote on drilling."
Source: Hickory Daily Record
McHenry says the stimulus will be rebate of $250 or $300 and similar to one implemented in 2001.
“Anytime we can give people back their money, I’m for it,” McHenry said. “This is a bill I can be for.”
Still, he says the best economic stimulus is to “control (government) spending and make tax cuts permanent. We can right our economic ship if we do that.”
The nation’s current economic woes come from the mortgage crisis and, specifically, the liquidity problem.
“The effects on Wall Street are hurting Main Street,” McHenry said.
McHenry fears Congress will overreach, harming residents who want to refinance their homes.
The congressman recently hosted a home mortgage seminar in Lenoir. Seventy people attended. A surprising fact is about half of residents who undergo foreclosures don’t ask for help.
“We want them to know the options they have,” McHenry said.
Congress also is working on a border security immigration bill. McHenry expects the bill will address “a dire need” for immigration reform. About 100 Republicans and 40 Democrats are signed on to the bill, he said.
This bill would shift SCHIP away from its original purpose and turn it into a program that would cover children from some families of four earning almost $83,000 a year. In addition, under this bill, government coverage would displace private health insurance for many children. If this bill were enacted, one out of every three children moving onto government coverage would be moving from private coverage. The bill also does not fully fund all its new spending, obscuring the true cost of the bill's expansion of SCHIP, and it raises taxes on working Americans.Source: White House
Because the Congress has chosen to send me a bill that moves our health care system in the wrong direction, I must veto it. I hope we can now work together to produce a good bill that puts poorer children first, that moves adults out of a program meant for children, and that does not abandon the bipartisan tradition that marked the enactment of SCHIP. Our goal should be to move children who have no health insurance to private coverage, not to move children who already have private health insurance to government coverage.
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