South Carolina Statehouse Blog

Columbia, SC – State Senator Vincent Sheheen (D-Camden) announced today that his plan to enact legislative oversight of state agencies is gaining momentum. Sheheen’s plan to overhaul the way state government is operated has been incorporated into a reform measure to make the state’s Department of Disability and Special Needs (DDSN) a cabinet level agency.
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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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Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Senator Vincent Sheheen about his gubernatorial bid. Since the Democratic Primary is still over a year away (June 2010), the questions covered were fairly basic and steered away from specific policy questions. The following is based off this interview.
The first topic covered had to deal with Senator Sheheen’s […]

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Today, I had the opportunity to interview Senator Shane Massey about his bid for Congress in South Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District. One thing to note is that 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? (:11)
What kind of […]

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A new law regarding abortions recently passed through the state legislator and will soon be signed by Governor Sanford. The law involves new guidelines in the inevitably controversial issue of abortions. As would be expected in legislation regarding this topic, debates and emotions accompanied this bill on its way to the Governor.
This soon-to-be law specifically […]

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