United States Congressional district
North Carolina’s representatives in Congress secured almost $250 million in pork spending in the latest federal spending omnibus bill. While the process for finding federal earmarks is cumbersome and far…
Last week Congress passed H.R. 2471, a $1.5 trillion spending omnibus package to fund the government through September. It was loaded with earmarks costing $9.7 billion. Earmarks are legislative provisions that direct…
Remember, it’s called the “Affordable Care Act.” And our president promised that it would bend the health care cost curve down. The name of the law is beginning to look…
Heritage Action has ranked each member of Congress on a political ideology scale. Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan is ranked as North Carolina’s most liberal member of Congress and Republican Rep.…
New congressional districts mean fascinating politics, should the maps pass legal challenges. From Roll Call’s story about North Carolina’s redistricting comes this. A Democrat will almost certainly win this incredibly…
Democrats controlled the House and the Senate all of last year, with hefty majorities in both those houses. But even with those majorities, with all the committee chairmanships, with all…
Rep. David Price, the Democrat who represents the 4th District in the U.S. Congress, is holding town hall meetings tonight. 5:15 pm tonight — Laurel Hills Community Center in Raleigh…
After an initial B.J. Lawson surge, Rep. David Price has defeated Lawson and will return to Washington D.C. to represent North Carolina’s 4th District.
National Review election guru Jim Geraghty asks a good question this morning: Why is a guy who won by 26 in 2008 running attack ads? He’s talking about 4th District…
I was struck this morning by the list of questioners at two upcoming candidate debates. There’s a debate tonight between Democratic incumbent David Price of North Carolina’s 4th District and…
If the Fourth District congressional seat in North Carolina is really in play, then you can expect the Republicans to gain at least 100 seats in Congress on Nov. 2.…
Supporters of Republican Ilario Pantano respond to Mike McIntyre’s ad with viral e-mail campaign. Democratic incumbent Bob Etheridge?s campaign says Renee Ellmer?s ?victory mosque? ad is offensive. GOP legislators lead…