South Carolina Statehouse Blog

Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Representative Nathan Ballentine about his opinions on what has happened during the 2009 General Assembly. Many topics were covered ranging from the stimulus money to the multiple furlough weeks taken this session. The following is based off of this interview.
First topic discussed was the passage of the cigarette […]

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Today, I had the opportunity to interview Representative Rex Rice about his bid for Congress in South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District. As previously noted, the Republican primary isn’t until June 2010 so this is a very preliminary interview. Here are the questions I asked:

Why have you decided to run? (:08)
What kind of platform are you […]

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Today, I had the opportunity to interview Representative Jeff Duncan about his bid for Congress in South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District. As previously noted, the Republican primary isn’t until June 2010 so this is a very preliminary interview. Here are the questions I asked:

Why have you decided to run? (:08)
What kind of platform are you […]

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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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Yesterday, I conducted a video interview with Representative Michael Pitts about H. 3509, a concurrent resolution that reaffirms South Carolina’s belief in states’ rights. In the interview, I asked the following five questions:

Could you please explain what H. 3509 declares? (0:13)
What prompted you to create this resolution? (0:40)
Do you see the federal government infringing on […]

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