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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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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Yesterday, Representative Nathan Ballentine agreed to conduct a video interview about the passage of the budget cuts (H. 5300) during this past week’s Emergency Session. In this interview, I asked the following four questions:

How do you, in general, feel about the budget cuts? (0:13)
Is there any one thing that you would have liked to change […]

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Yesterday, Representative Nathan Ballentine agreed to conduct a short email interview about the economy and the current financial situation our country is experiencing. The following is based off that interview.
To begin, I asked Representative Ballentine what got us into this financial situation. He replied that it all boils down to the fact that there has […]

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Illegal immigration, along with the many problems associated with it, is a major topic being debated in almost every state’s legislature and South Carolina’s statehouse is no exception. A recent bill proposed by Representative Nathan Ballentine tries to tackle the issue of illegal immigrants receiving state aid to public educational institutions. The bill he is […]

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