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While Governor Romney spent virtually no time campaigning in the Tar Heel State before the primary, his views and positions on important issues to North Carolinians are already familiar to us. Instead of moving our state forward by investing in a North Carolina for the next century, Romney has embraced the extreme Ryan budget, which drastically cuts education, research, worker training, and infrastructure – all to pay for more budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy. Instead of fighting to make education more affordable for all, Romney would make the Department of Education “a heck of a lot smaller” and leave college students on their own to “shop around.” Read More »
From time to time the leader of the free world’s schedule changes. He’s a busy man. All reasonable people know that by now. North Carolina is and continues to be a top priority for President Obama and the Democratic Party. The President has been to our state numerous times and the First Lady will be speaking at graduation this weekend. Read More »
This week, the U.S. Senate will vote on a plan to prevent the interest rate on new subsidized student loans from doubling—on the same day outstanding student loan debt in our country will hit $1 trillion. But the outcome is far from clear. President Obama is urging Americans everywhere to tell Congress to act—including students in North Carolina where average student loan debt is approximately $20,959. The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following statement ahead of the vote: Read More »
Gov. Bev Perdue, speaking to a women’s conference in Charlotte and on a Youtube video, today asked North Carolinians to join her in voting against Amendment One on May 8. Read More »
Mitt Romney’s campaign was asked if Mitt Romney supports the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Their response to the question was, “We’ll get back to you on that.” North Carolina Democrats quickly shot back on the Romney campaign’s failure to take a position on this important legislation. Read More »
U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (NC), a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, on Monday will announce a bill she is introducing that will reduce paperwork burden on small businesses. Hagan will make the announcement during a Small Business Regulatory Fairness Forum. Hagan and Esther H. Vassar, US Small Business Administration National Ombudsman, are hosting the forum to meet with area small business owners to hear their concerns and discuss ways to create a better environment for small businesses to grow and create jobs. Read More »
U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (NC) today joined 34 other senators in urging Senators Tom Harkin and Richard Shelby, chairman and ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee with jurisdiction over education funding, to continue funding for the Impact Aid Program for fiscal year 2013. In a letter dated March 29, 2012, Senator Hagan and her colleagues urged the subcommittee to recognize the importance of the program that supports public education in areas impacted by a federal presence. Read More »
Today, GOP gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory attempted to muddy the waters on his education record. McCrory released an education "plan" designed to distance himself from the deep and unnecessary cuts to education caused by a GOP-backed budget passed by the North Carolina General Assembly. Read More »
Raleigh, NC – The North Carolina Democratic Party released the following statement on Senator Richard Burr’s vote against the Menendez legislation in the Senate today that would end tax subsidies to Big Oil and instead invest in renewable energy Read More »
Raleigh, NC – North Carolina Democratic Party Chair David Parker released the following statement on the newly released Republican budget plan offered by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). Read More »
North Carolina Democratic Party Chairman David Parker released the following statement on Mitt Romney’s pledge to roll back the clock on women’s health care coverage by repealing the Affordable Care Act. Read More »
Raleigh, NC—Today, the “non-partisan” group Civitas teamed up the Koch-brothers-funded Americans for Prosperity to flood the airwaves with a television advertisement containing a deluge of distortions and outright lies about the GOP-backed budget passed by the North Carolina General Assembly. Democratic leaders across North Carolina are fully and wholly denouncing the ad--see below for quotes and a fact check. Read More »
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre has been honored for his work nationally to promote youth sports, healthy lifestyles, and fitness. Read More »
U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (NC) commented today on the country’s employment situation. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 227,000 jobs in February with the national unemployment rate unchanged from January at 8.3 percent. Read More »
The Republican-controlled General Assembly is focused on helping the wealthy instead of working families... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre announced today that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation which he co-sponsored to protect North Carolinian jobs from unfair trade practices utilized by counties with non-market economies like China and Vietnam. Congressman McIntyre is an original cosponsor of the bill which would apply countervailing duty provisions to prevent unfair trade practices that harm the competitiveness of U.S. products and companies. Read More »
Gov. Bev Perdue is requesting assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration for Cabarrus, Cherokee and Mecklenburg counties following the severe weather and tornadoes that struck over the weekend. Read More »
The North Carolina Democratic Party released the following statement decrying Mitt Romney's war on women, evidenced by his support for the "Blunt Amendment" – a measure being voted on in the Senate today that would allow an employer to deny female employees health coverage because of that employer's beliefs. Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the State of North Carolina submitted its application for a waiver from certain sanctions in No Child Left Behind, U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (NC) called on the Senate to take up the long overdue fix of the flawed federal education law. Hagan serves on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, which last October passed legislation to reform and improve No Child Left Behind. However, the bill has since stalled and failed to reach the Senate floor for consideration by the entire body. Read More »
Democratic House Minority Whip, Rep. Rick Glazier today announced he will seek a sixth term in the NC General Assembly.Fellow Lawmakers Celebrate His Decision Read More »
