Veto!
The General Assembly returns Monday, July 6th, to deliberate “Budget Vetoes” that the Governor shared today in her press conference. Governor Haley was quoted as saying “What we saw was […]
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Weekly Rewind: Week of June 5th
(Published by the Office of Research of the House of Representatives) HOUSE WEEK IN REVIEW June 8, 2012 The House of Representatives and the Senate adopted H.5377, a concurrent resolution […]
Weekly Rewind: Week of May 29th
(Published by the Office of Research of the House of Representatives) HOUSE WEEK IN REVIEW June 1, 2012 The House of Representatives amended Senate amendments to H.4967 and returned the […]
Inside the House budget. Debate starts Monday.
Monday (March 12th) at 11:00 a.m. the full House convenes to begin what is commonly referred to as “Budget Week”. Appropriating your tax dollars is, without a doubt, the single […]
Meet SC’s Inspector General: Jim Martin
While I was away on vacation this week, one of our community members was appointed Inspector General to uncover waste, fraud and mismanagement in state agencies. As I’ve shared before, […]
COMMUNITY UPDATE: March 2010
*** STATE HOUSE *** We’ve almost completed two months of this year’s session and have passed several reforms in advance of the upcoming Budget Debate in two weeks. For a […]
Checks and Balances
Proposed reforms in recent years seem to primarily deal with the shifting of power to and from the Legislative or Executive branches of state government. While those battles may subside […]
Place your bets! THE BUDGET
Next Monday the House floor-debate begins on this year’s draft of our state’s budget. The draft was printed and placed on all House members’ desks yesterday and discussions among the […]
COMMUNITY UPDATE: December 2008
If you have events you’d like me to share on the website, please contact me directly through NathansNews and I’ll be happy to see how I can help pass along […]
Absolute Power?
(Note: If you want to read political articles from throughout the state (everyday), you should visit SCHotline.com where I found the article that led to this post tonight) Maybe I’m […]
"Congaree Fever"
Last week I heard a term I had not heard before in my four years in office – Congaree Fever. I can’t remember what colleague mentioned it from the House […]
Vetoes…everything you always wanted to know
o message” looks like. Below is the message from the Governor relating to H4800 (aka “the budget”). As you can see, there is a reason listed for each veto. Oftentimes, […]