South Carolina Statehouse Blog

Yesterday, I conducted an interview with Representative Anton Gunn about the 2009-2010 South Carolina Budget (H. 3560) as it was passed by the House of Representatives. In the interview, I asked the following five questions:

What is your overall impression of the budget passed by the House of Representatives? (0:09)
Was there anything that didn’t make it […]

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Gov. Sanford Won’t Seek Stimulus Money
GOVERNOR SAYS IF LEGISLATURE SEEKS FUNDS,
OTHER MONEY SHOULD BE USED TO REPAY STATE DEBT
Columbia, S.C. - March 20, 2009 - Governor Mark Sanford today announced that since the White House has denied his request to use $700 million of the $2.8 billion in stimulus dollars to pay down state debt, […]

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Below is a copy of a letter Governor Sanford sent to President Obama.
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March 17, 2009
The Honorable Barack Obama
President
United States of America
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest
Washington, D.C.  20500
Dear Mr. President,
I’d first thank you and Director Orszag for your response of March 16 to my letter of the previous week.  Likewise, I have to express my disappointment that […]

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Columbia, S.C. - March 16, 2009 - Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement on the Democratic National Committee attack ad that’s begun airing in South Carolina:
“Over the past year, candidate Obama promised a break from ‘politics as usual’ - something that I joined with millions of Americans in indeed hoping for. I did […]

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Here at SC Statehouse Blog, we strive to make sure the views of any particular legislator or government officer are successfully and accurately conveyed to our readers. We achieve this through personal interviews and allowing the interviewee to preview any article before it is published.
Now, many other news sources use press releases from legislators and […]

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