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Congressmen David Price and G.K. Butterfield will join with representatives of several government agencies to host a “marketplace'' workshop to help small businesses identify contracting opportunities with federal, state and local governments.
The day-long workshop will begin at 8 am on Wednesday May 29th at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham.
The bill includes $675 million for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants. The money is used for equipment purchases and hiring. Price’s amendment allows the use of the funds for firefighter retention.
North Carolina communities received 10 SAFER grants worth more than $1.9 million last year.
Leaders of some of the universities held an event in Washington Wednesday to thank the 28 and try to boost their ranks. Price was the only member from North Carolina on the list.
The Democrats took time out to honor the Jamie Hahn at their Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Saturday night in Raleigh.
The dinner was dedicated to Hahn, with a page in the eight-page program in memory of the young Democratic Party fund raiser who was slain earlier in the week.
There was a film tribute to Hahn shown featuring photographs of her set to the Beatles song “Imagine.”
“Jamie was in politics for the right reason,'' said former Congressman Brad Miller of Raleigh. Other officials, including North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan, Massachusetts Mo Cowan, and Congressman David Price remembered her.
Many of the Democrats at the dinner attended her funeral service earlier in the day.
The Democrats played whack a mole with the GOP legislature at the Jefferson Jackson Day fund raising dinner at the Raleigh Convention Center Saturday night.
U.S. Sen. Mo Cowan of Massachusetts, a North Carolina native, said he could not believe some of the legislative proposals coming from the GOP legislature effecting voting. “Lincoln would be ashamed of this party,” said Cowan, one of two African-Americans serving in the Senate. Cowan said he had a hard time recognizing the state where he was born and raised during the past two years. “What is going in North Carolina?''
Congressman David Price: Criticized the legislature for not extending Medicaid health benefits to 500,000 North Carolinians and 80,000 residents will lose their unemployment benefits. “The forces of reaction have taken over state government temporarily – with a vengeance,” Price said.
House Democratic Leader Larry Hall: The Republicans should take all their legislation, wrap into one bill – call it “the 19th century omnibus bill” pass it and everyone can go home.
U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers of Dunn, a potential U.S. Senate candidate next year, has not yet begun cranking up her money-raising operation.
She raised $97,797 in political contributions during the first quarter of the year, according to federal campaign reports. She had $133,586 on hand at the end of March. That is fine for a congresswoman seeking re-election, but not the kind of money associated with a Senate race.
Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan raised $1.6 million during the first quarter and had $2.7 million on hand at the end of the reporting period.
Democratic Rep. Mike McIntyre of Lumberton, who will likely face another tough re-election effort again next year, raised $118,779 in the first quarter and had $181,672 cash on hand.
The defense industry will hold a DC fund raising breakfast Tuesday morning for Democratic Congressman David Price Tuesday morning.
The fund raiser is being held at the Washington offices of Honeywell Industry.
Price is a member of the House Appropriations Committee and serves as the ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees for the Department of Homeland Security. He is also a member of the Appropriations Subcommittees responsible for housing, transportation, military construction and veterans affairs appropriations.
Hat tip: Sunlight Foundation.
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan ranks in the ideological middle, according to the latest rankings from the National Journal. The Democrat, who faces re-election in 2014, ranks the 48th most liberal of the 100 senators, or 52 most conservative, depending on how you look at it.
Her Republican counterpart U.S. Sen. Richard Burr is the 23rd most conservative member in the chamber, the nonpartisan national political magazine found. National Journal ranked the lawmakers on 116 votes that showed differences in ideological viewpoint in the 112th Congress.
Among Democrats in the House, Congressman David Price is the most liberal at No. 32, followed by Mel Watt (45), former U.S. Rep. Brad Miller (83), G.K. Butterfield (121). On the Republican side, former U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick was the 32nd most conservative, followed by Reps. Renee Ellmers (43), Virginia Foxx (55), Patrick McHenry (62), Howard Coble (153) and Walter Jones (242).
GOV. McCRORY SUPPORTS SENATE BILL 4 -- Rejects Medicaid expansion and state-sponsored health care exchange Gov. Pat McCrory issued a statement Tuesday morning announcing he does not support expanding Medicaid to as many 500,000 people in North Carolina, many of them uninsured, and wants the federal government to set up an exchange for the state.
The announcement vanishes any thought McCrory may side with six other Republican governors and accept the money, a move considered a possibility among political observers given his moderate tendencies. His rationale is four-fold: audits show Medicaid is too "broken" to expand right now; the potential long-term costs can't be determined; state government didn't do enough to prepare under Gov. Bev Perdue; and federal matching funds aren't guaranteed given the political uncertainty in Washington
TODAY AT THE STATEHOUSE: The House and Senate convene at 2 p.m. Earlier in the day, House committees will consider a controversial Medicaid expansion bill, measures emphasizing digital learning and legislation about where to locate the Interstate 540 loop around Raleigh. Gov. Pat McCrory's environmental chief, John Skvarla, will appear before a Senate committee.
Democratic Congressmen David Price and John Sarbanes will talk about the affects of big money in politics in a forum Thursday at Duke University.
The free event starts at 5 p.m. at Fleishman Commons at the Sanford School for Public Policy. Also on the panel: Anita Earls, the executive director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and state Rep. Larry Hall, the House minority leader. Gunther Peck, associate professor of history and public policy, will moderate.
