Representative Larry Kissell News

Democratic officials portrayed the Republican Party's squabble in New York's special House election as an intolerant right-wing purge of liberal Republicans.

Nearly two weeks after U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell bucked his party and voted against health care legislation, June Mabry's phone line is still burning up with calls from angry Democrats.

Vonda Scott works in the sewing room of Therafirm and sews a lace piece to the top of compression stockings.

Democrats who opposed the House-passed health care reform bill earlier this month have come under heavy fire from their party's left, including a top Internet activist who urged liberals to halt further contributions to the Democratic Party committee that finances their campaigns.

The new leadership coming to the Fayetteville VA Medical Center will inherit problems that have plagued the hospital for years.

The newly organized Moore County Young Republicans will receive their charter at the Nov.

The more liberal pundits write off the pro-life movement, the more pro-lifers prove them wrong.

CONCORD a ' Larry Kissell dropped in on the Cabarrus Senior Democrats on Tuesday night a ' to explain himself.

The infamous $400 haircuts that undercut John Edwards' presidential message of reducing poverty started with a tip from the campaign of then-candidate Barack Obama.

Has NC gone to the dogs. You know, the blue dogs. There was some hope that that at least some of the people the netroots rallied around would play nice, but those hopes seem to be fading.

Democrats who thought a vote against the sweeping health care package would inoculate them from political attack are facing serious blowback from angry constituents and interest groups on the left - fierce opposition that could prove as consequential as anything Republicans could have thrown at them.

After an intense three-month campaign for the votes of North Carolina's House members, players in the health care debate including business, labor and the administration are now likely to focus their full attention on Sen.

Democrats in Congress are celebrating after health care reform passed in the U.S. House over the weekend.

Over the next few hours : * Beware of the blue screen: Pelosi has exuded confidence that she will have the requisite 218-plus votes for passage, but sometimes land mines appear out of nowhere that put the bill in grave danger.

From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg *** Senate gets the baton : After Saturday night's historic, contentious, and very narrow health-care vote in the House of Representatives, the action now moves to the Senate, where things won't get any easier.

The netroots have given Larry Kissell $485,795 , over the past couple of cycles.

Shorty after the votes were tallied, the lists came out . In North Carolina, only 5 out of 13 representatives voted for the bill while only 5 out of 13 representatives are Republicans.

By Paul Kane The House begins debate at 9 a.m. Saturday on a massive health-insurance overhaul, with a final vote expected by the evening.

Surely, the chants this week of "Kill! The! Bill!" from thousands of conservative protesters outside Congress floated up to the ears of North Carolina House members who were inside considering their views on health care.

The complexity of North Carolina's tax structure adds to the frustration of legislators studying a prospective overhaul.