LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Special thanks to the NC Federations of Republican Women (NFRW) for this update!

U.S. Congress


The House of Representatives convened on October 24th, after a recess last week. The Senate is in recess this week and will return next week.

Last week the Senate held a vote on the bill, "Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011." The measure failed in a vote of 50 to 50. Senator Burr voted against it and Senator Hagan voted for it. The bill contained $30 billion "in grants to state and local governments to pay to hire or retain teachers and $5 billion in grants to governments and other groups to pay for law enforcement officers and emergency personnel." The bill is a component of President Obama's jobs bill that was defeated previously in the Senate. (Megavote)

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)
The group has released its latest ratings on Congressional members. "The ratings are based on 46 votes in the U.S. House and 62 votes in the U.S. Senate the latter half of 2010."

NC Congressional Scorecard from the group is:

Senator Richard Burr 93% (Hero), Senator Kay Hagan 11% (Hostile)

NC Representatives-
Virginia Foxx (R-5th) 98% (Hero)
Sue Myrick (R-9th) 96% (Hero)
Patrick T. McHenry (R-10th) 93% (Hero)
Howard Coble (R-6th) 91% (Hero)
G.K. Butterfield (D-1st) 2% (Hostile)
former Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-2nd) 4% (Hostile)
Walter B. Jones (R-3rd) 61% (Friendly)
David E. Price (D-4th) zero% (Hostile)
Mike McIntyre (D-7th) 27% (Unfriendly)
Larry Kissell (D-8th) 15% (Hostile)
Heath Shuler (D-11th) 24% (Unfriendly)
Melvin Watt (D-12th) 7% (Hostile)
Brad Miller (D-13th) zero% (Hostile)

"Battleground North Carolina: Democratic Women Fired Up!"
Article from the Huffington Post.

Please go to the link to read.  Click Here

Sources: Megavote: NC 6th, 10/24/2011; Citizens Against Government Waste, Oct 2011; Huffington Post, "Battleground North Carolina: Democratic Women Fired Up!," posted Oct 23, 2011 (email from Valerie White, NCFRW)