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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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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Yesterday morning, I made my first excursion to the South Carolina state house to interview Republican Representative Nathan Ballentine of Lexington County. Ballentine’s name is on the list of representatives in the House Ways and Means committee supporting the recent “Appropriations Bill Earmark Disclosure Act.”
This Earmark Disclosure Act, officially referred to as House Bill 4356, […]

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