South Carolina Statehouse Blog

(Columbia, SC) - House Speaker Bobby Harrell issued the following statement about the passage of major crime legislation today:“We owe it to our citizens, our community and our Law Enforcement Officers to protect them by making sure violent repeat criminals stay where they belong - behind bars. That is why Senator McConnell and I […]

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Columbia, S.C. - February 24, 2010 - Gov. Mark Sanford today issued the following statement regarding the Attorney General’s decision to pursue legal options to keep the Yucca Mountain project active.
“We’d thank the Attorney General for helping us bring this back-room Washington D.C. deal into the light and taking legal action to make sure the […]

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This week, U.S. Senator John McCain took a large step back from his support of the infamous $700 billion Wall Street bailout that he voted for in 2008, saying he was “misled” by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson [http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0210/McCain_suspending_bailout_support.html].
In response to Senator McCain’s new position, gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley released the following statement as it pertains […]

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REP. REX RICE: NO STATE FUNDS SHOULD PAY FOR ABORTIONS
State Rep. Introduces Legislation to Stop the State Health Plan from Covering Abortions
COLUMBIA, SC – State Representative Rex Rice (R-Pickens) released the following statement regarding his budget provision to prohibit the state health plan from covering abortions.
“The state of South Carolina should not be paying for […]

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Bill restructures our state’s badly broken employment agency
(Columbia, SC) - Today, the South Carolina House of Representatives passed a major Employment Security Commission (ESC) Reform bill - H. 3442 - by a vote of 108-1. House Speaker Bobby Harrell made the following statement about the passage of the bill:
“The gross mismanagement, total lack of […]

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