South Carolina Statehouse Blog

Representative Nathan Ballentine discusses H. 3004, also known as the Spending Accountability Act of 2011. This bill would automatically require a roll call vote in certain circumstances in both the South Carolina House and Senate.Here are the questions asked:

What are the basics of this bill? (:13)
How will this change the day-to-day operations of the House and the […]

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Today, Senator Mick Mulvaney agreed to discuss S. 424, also known as the ‘Sovereignty Resolution.’ The following are the questions asked in the video.

 What is the health care amendment to S. 424, otherwise known as the Sovereignty Resolution? (0:16)
Why do you support this amendment? (0:44)
What will happen if both the amended version of the Sovereignty […]

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“While I cast my vote today to make the necessary changes that ensure benefits continue to flow to our unemployed, it should not be forgotten that earlier this year two very real opportunities to make changes to our employment system were missed, once with the defeated Employment Security Commission reform bill, which would have made […]

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Retroactive solution covers all unemployed in danger of losing this federal benefit
Columbia, SC) - Today, the South Carolina House of Representatives convened in a special legislative session to address a fix to our state’s unemployment benefits so that thousands of out-of-work South Carolinians will not lose access to these federal funds and have their unemployment […]

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Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter introduced H.3940 in April to fix the current
situation with the ESC.
[Columbia, SC -] House Democrats are glad that the Republican
leadership has decided to call a special legislative session to ensure
that thousands of unemployed South Carolinians receive the extended
unemployment benefits from the federal government.
S.C. Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, introduced H.3940 April 22
with a […]

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