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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Haley to Senate: Finish Bill or Don't Leave

Gov. Haley says the Senate needs to finish the bill tonight

Gov. Nikki Haley flexed her political muscles Tuesday night when she called an impromptu press conference to insist that the Senate finish a bill that would create a new Department of Administration. Haley said the Senate should remain in session "through the night" to finish work on the bill, according to the South Carolina Radio Network. The Senate has been working on the bill for five weeks. The bill would transfer some responsiblities of the controversial Budget and Control Board to the Department of Administration, which would become part of the executive branch. After the press conference, multiple Senators criticized Haley on the Senate floor. "Our governor just had a news conference saying the Senate was going to stay in session …

Dee Marie

6:09 pm on Thursday, March 22, 2012

And we didn't vote for Sheheen because......????????? Seriously.....ya'll need to analyze that! Same reason that the McCain people advocated for Sara Palin - to appeal to evangelicals or something. Come on people!   more ›

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