The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) released a report Friday analyzing the impact of Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care bill currently under consideration in the Senate. It found that the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009” will in fact have a considerable financial impact [...]
See? I knew this stuff was coming.
At least four state agencies bought expensive high-tech surveillance gear from a private security firm tied to Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand.
The powerful Fayetteville Democrat has served as board chairman for Raleigh-based Law Enforcement Associates Inc. since 2003.
The state bought at [...]
Remember when Tony Rand unexpectedly stepped down as Senate Majority Leader? Remember when Bane, myself, and many other pundits called ‘bullshit’ on his explanation that he just wanted to move on? Remember when we said that there must be something out there that he doesn’t want exposed?
Ahem…
New information developed by [...]
Or perhaps one might call it another of the former governor’s Immaculate Exceptions.
Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington has the story this morning of an odd real-estate deal that Mike Easley conducted with outgoing Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand on a property at Bald Head Island. Some of the [...]
The new state Senate majority leader is in a key position to advance ethics reforms this year.
State Sen. Martin Nesbitt, an Asheville Democrat, is not only the majority leader. He is chairman of a committee where three ethics bills are awaiting action, the Asheville Citizen-Times [...]
Persons interested in North Carolina politics have been all abuzz over the last two weeks about the surprise decision of Senate Majority Leader and uber-lawmaker Tony Rand to retire.
Equally surprising – and yet still related to Senator Rand – is the most common reason for visitors [...]
The press releases are out.
Sen. Richard Burr takes a jab at the bill’s length but basically has a neutral statement.
Last night, Majority Leader Reid unveiled the Democrats’ health care reform bill. It is expected we will have an initial, procedural vote on the bill sometime this weekend. While I [...]
Senate Democrats elected Sen. Martin Nesbitt, a racing crew chief and self-described mountain populist from Asheville, as their new majority leader today.
Nesbitt quickly tried to quell any fears – or hopes, depending on the perspective – that he would steer the Senate down a more [...]
As widely expected, Senate Democrats elected Sen. Martin Nesbitt their majority leader today.
[...]Most of what I can find about Senator Martin Nesbitt leans in the direction of positive in my view. I hope that bodes well for his tenure as majority leader in the NC Senate. A discussion I found on the Asheville Citizen Times website is encouraging.
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Democratic senators are scheduled to meet at 11:30 this morning to elect a new majority leader, a proceeding which is expected to be a coronation of Sen. Martin Nesbitt, of Asheville.
Nesbitt goes into the meeting with the endorsement of Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight [...]
