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Ambassador Eyeing Kay Hagan Challenge
"The race is indeed something that I am considering," Cain told CQ Roll Call in an email from China. Comment?
Renewed drive to ease sequester
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Sequestration was supposed to be a meat ax slashing large chunks of the federal budget, but Congress is poised to turn it into Swiss cheese. Comment?
Odds Are Against Congress Restoring Cancer Drug Funding
Lawmakers and outside coalitions supported by doctors and drug companies face an uphill battle in their bid to reverse sequester cuts that have hit cancer drugs. Comment?
Ellmers weighs campaign to take on Hagan
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Renee Ellmers is mulling a bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan in 2014, but has some obstacles to consider: a competitive primary field, attacks on her record and a so-far meager campaign war chest. Comment?
Cantor presses GOP's case on overtime 'flexibility' bill for private sector workers
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor took his effort to improve the life of working Americans to the Washington, D.C. suburbs on Tuesday afternoon. Comment?
Charlotte pastor, president of N.C. Baptists considers U.S. Senate run
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One of Charlotte's most prominent church leaders - and a man at the forefront of last year's fight for North Carolina's marriage amendment - is weighing a bid for U.S. Senate. Comment?
Charlotte pastor considers U.S. Senate run
One of Charlotte's most prominent church leaders – and a man at the forefront of last year's fight for North Carolina's marriage amendment – is weighing a bid for U.S. Senate. Comment?
Dome: Tillis urges GOP to resist going too far too fast
"I was the GOP minority whip in 2009," he began in a Facebook post. "My job was to get conservative Democrats to help us defeat liberal legislation. Comment?
N.C. Baptist Chief Harris Looking At U.S. Senate Bid
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The pastor of a large Charlotte church who is also president of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention says he's prayerfully considering a 2014 bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Kay Hagan. Comment?
Draft building for Senate bid by Rev. Mark Harris against Hagan
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Rev. Mark Harris, the pastor of Charlottes First Baptist Church, said Monday hes listening to those who want him to run for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination next year. Comment?
Changes reduce sequester by $5 billion: White House budget office
President Obama's Office of Management and Budget has made technical adjustments that reduce the $85 billion indiscriminate sequester spending cuts to about $80 billion, administration and congressional sources said Monday. Comment?
Draft building for Rev. Mark Harris Senate bid
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Rev. Mark Harris, the pastor of Charlotte's First Baptist Church, said Monday he's listening to those who want him to run for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination next year. Comment?
NC's Pat McCrory gives weekly GOP address
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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory was selected by national Republican leaders to give this week's GOP response to President Barack Obama's weekly radio address. Comment?
After flight delays, will cancer move Congress to act?
... have to shift cuts in these reimbursement rates elsewhere under the measure. The bill's author, Representative Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, a Tea Party favorite, argues that because of the sequester, oncology clinics have been sending patients ... Comment?
Obama's Sequestration Narrative Collapsing on Itself
Earlier this week, Tea Party Patriots described how President Obama blinked first on the GOP/Democratic showdown over sequestration's "cuts" to the Federal Aviation Administration . Comment?
Once the legislature adjourns - in early July, let's say - expect a sudden change of focus. Comment?
Renee Ellmers: Cancer Patients Were Where 'We Should've Gone First' To End Sequestration
Rep. Renee Ellmers appeared on Wednesday's edition of "All in With Chris Hayes," admitting that the government's priorities on sequestration were not carried out in the right order. Comment?
Policymakers, Researchers and Advocates Meet to Address Needs of...
On May 1-2, 2013, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Advisory Council on Child Trafficking and the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women will host a symposium to address the needs of victims of child sex trafficking. Comment?
America It's clearly time to put all of this Rich Living On Hold for a #BetterBudget
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The rest of the nation doesn't matter as long as the congress gets where they want to go when they want to go there; as in home on Friday and back to DC on Sunday. Comment?
When the sequester cuts close to home
Today progressive commentators are bewailing a House bill that would allow the Federal Aviation Agency enough flexibility in administering the sequester spending cuts to avoid disrupting air travel. Comment?