Price wants limits on intel contractors
Bill would bar them from interrogation.
Where Triangle members of Congress stand
Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-Salisbury: Dole has co-sponsored a Democratic bill to extend tax credits for clean energy.
Luebke wants instant runoffs
State Rep. Paul Luebke says he'll press for instant runoffs in 2009.
Dems: ICE should focus on criminals, not workers
Democrats want to give $800 million to Immigration and Customs Enforcement so the agency can try harder to deport illegal immigrants who have committed crimes.
Price: U.S. not safer than before Sept. 11
U.S. Rep. David Price, the man in Congress who sends money to the Department of Homeland Security, does not think we're safer than we were Sept. 10, 2001, at least in a broad, world view.
Price bill finances future scientists, engineers
Under the Dome:U.S. Rep. David Price, a Chapel Hill Democrat, will introduce legislation today to create a new Roosevelt Scholars program to help the federal government shore up its waning supply of scientists.
House votes to keep some tax cuts
The House reminded voters Thursday that tax cuts have been fattening their paychecks, agreeing to cement the lower taxes that have been delivered by an expanded bottom bracket. The tax cut is one of three that Congress plans to extend before they expire at the end of this election year. The House already has voted to lock in tax cuts for married couples and plans to vote next week to preserve the $1,000 child tax credit.
Abuse evokes disgust from N.C. lawmakers
Prison scandal worries delegation.
Edwards back on trail
Sen. John Edwards plans to return to two key presidential states in the coming two weeks. The North Carolina Democrat is scheduled to address the South Carolina Democratic Party convention in Columbia on Saturday.
Price 'cues up 3rd loss
Perhaps U.S. Rep. David Price should give up gambling. Next week, the Chapel Hill Democrat plans to deliver North Carolina barbecue to Rep. Rob Simmons, a Connecticut Republican.
Edwards' idea gets 2nd look
An idea floated by Sen. John Edwards in the early stages of his presidential bid is gaining steam. In October 2002, the North Carolina Democrat gave a speech in which he suggested creating a new agency dedicated to domestic intelligence-gathering that would supplant the work of the FBI.
N.C. congressmen fault GOP-backed budget
North Carolina's Democratic congressmen said Thursday a budget passed by the House will hurt education and efforts to turn around the state's struggling economy. Republicans pushed through the bill 215-212 on a mostly party-line vote.
What you can do
FIND OUT MORE about the airfield from the Navy at www.efaircraft.ene.com. Views of the opposing Albemarle Community Network are at www.albemarlecommunity.net/index.html. WANT TO JOIN the opposition? Send an e-mail to NO_OLF@albemarlecommunity.net or NO_OLF@mchsi.com. Or call Doris Morris of North Carolinians Opposed to the OLF, (252) 793-9756, or write to her at 5276 N.C. Hwy. 32 S., Plymouth, N.C. 27962.
Official positions
REP. BRAD MILLER DEMOCRAT, 13TH DISTRICT
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