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Huckabee predicts big GOP gains in '10

bniolet — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:51:45 -0500

Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee sees big gains for Republicans in the U.S. House next year.

Huckabee will be in Raleigh Thursday night to sign copies of his new book "A Simple Christmas" at Quail Ridge Books and Music on Wade Avenue and the N&O's Ray Martin caught up with him.

Hagan already voted for option

bniolet — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:09:19 -0400

The "community health insurance option" that U.S. Senator Kay Hagan voted for in a Senate Health Committee bill is what Senate leader Harry Reid is putting into his heath care bill, Hagan said Tuesday.

Hagan, a first-term Democrat, said she cannot commit to voting for a bill she hasn't seen, but said she would vote for a government-backed insurance plan she's already supported in committee, Lynn Bonner reports. She would also support an opt-out provision for the states.

Hagan not ready to commit

bniolet — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:53 -0400

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan will be featured in a conference call today with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

The call, for the benefit of reporters who cover Washington from around the country, is meant to discuss a new HHS report on rural health care, Barb Barrett reports.

Perdue says missing signature not a sign

bniolet — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:12:34 -0400

Gov. Beverly Perdue says there's a good reason why she didn't join most of the nation's other Democratic governors in signing a letter supporting health care reform.

Perdue says she was too busy with an economic development trip to consider the letter.

Etheridge considering Senate bid

bkrueger — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:47:24 -0400

Democratic U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge said today that he is giving some thought to running against Republican Sen. Richard Burr next year.

Etheridge, a Lillington Democrat, said he has been courted by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as a potential candidate, reports Rob Christensen.

Kay Hagan: Don't judge me yet

markjohnson — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:06:18 -0400

Sen. Kay Hagan this morning told critics to "stay tuned" to the health care debate in Washington.

Hagan, a Democrat, talked to reporters after a visit to Charlotte's Shelter Health Services, a free clinic that provides medical services to residents of an adjacent shelter for homless women and children. Some in her own party have criticized her for appearing to take a so-called "public option" in health care reform off the table, the Charlotte Observer's Jim Morrill reports.

Burr, Hagan tobacco amendment dies

bniolet — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:29:59 -0400

As U.S. Sen. Richard Burr paced the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon, the clerk counted up the votes for his legislation to regulate tobacco someplace other than the Food and Drug Administration.

In the end, his substitute amendment — co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan — lost by a 36-60 vote, Barb Barrett reports.

Quick Hits

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:47:24 -0500

* Clare Giesen, head of the National Women's Political Caucus, will speak to members of the N.C. chapter in Charlotte on Feb. 26.

* Sen. Steve Goss now says he was inspired to write a blog libel bill after reading about the cyberbullying conviction of a Missouri woman.

RB on RB's appointment by RB

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:50:05 -0500

Republican Sen. Richard Burr says Democrat Roland Burris ought to be seated in the U.S. Senate.

The Illinois Supreme Court today ruled that the Illinois Secretary of State does not need to sign off on Burris’ appointment to replace Barack Obama in the Senate, Barb Barrett reports.

Obama linked to ... Dodd, Reid, Leahy?

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:48:51 -0400

John McCain is buying air time in North Carolina.

The Republican presidential candidate had not previously aired TV ads specifically here, although North Carolinians had seen other ads on national cable shows.

Following earlier attacks on the Democratic candidate as a "celebrity," the ad shows footage of Barack Obama's Berlin speech.