Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]

IRS Warns Churches About Political Activities, Tax-Exempt Status

2012-06-03T03:53:44Z

But pastors are free to do any of those things as private citizens, U.S> Rep. G. K. Butterfield, D-N.C., said. "You simply cannot do it in your capacity as the pastor of the church and give the implication that the church is endorsing the ...

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Alternates to I-95 tolls should be considered

2012-06-02T17:45:17Z

A pair of bills concerning the tolling proposal were introduced earlier this year in the U.S. House. U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-1st District, introduced legislation that calls for the N.C. Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration

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IRS Warns Churches About Political Activities, Tax-Exempt Status

2012-06-01T14:47:31Z

Black Voters Feel Targeted By Election Restrictions

2012-05-31T15:31:39Z

It's was a hard-won right, Congressman G.K. Butterfield told the crowd. But now... REPRESENTATIVE G.K. BUTTERFIELD: All of this progress that we have made is under assault. There is a right-wing conspiracy that is alive and well in this country that is ...

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Rep. Michael McCaul wins House passage of new incentives for pediatric drug development

2012-05-31T12:18:22Z

The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan provision last night co-authored by Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul and North Carolina Democrat G. K. Butterfield designed to create incentives for pharmaceutical companies to work to develop drugs that

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N.C. Democrats, Republicans oppose I-95 toll project

2012-05-31T06:56:15Z

A bill by Republican Rep. Renee Ellmers to block federal approval of the I-95 toll plan has bipartisan backing, with cosponsors including Democratic Reps. Mike McIntyre, G.K. Butterfield and Larry Kissell, and Republican Reps. Walter B.

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1960s voting gains in peril, Holder warns

2012-05-31T02:09:55Z

"There is a right-wing conspiracy that is alive and well in this country that is trying to take us back to 1900 and even before," Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., a black caucus member, told the clergy leaders. "What they want to do is not take ...

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Black Clergy Target Voter Turnout Challenges

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...not involved and engaged, everything is lost.” Though most of the conference speakers are technically nonpartisan, U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., emphasized the politics at play. Butterfield noted that President Barack Obama won North Carolina by

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Voting rights gains of ‘60s in jeopardy, Attorney General Eric Holder says

2012-05-31T01:00:00Z

...a right-wing conspiracy that is alive and well in this country that is trying to take us back to 1900 and even before,” Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., a black caucus member, told the clergy leaders. “What they want to do is not take away the right t

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Black clergy target voter turnout challenges

2012-05-30T19:36:13Z

Though most of the conference speakers are technically nonpartisan, U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., emphasized the politics at play. Butterfield noted that President Barack Obama won North Carolina by 14,000 votes out of more than 4.3 ...

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Democrats, Republicans oppose I-95 toll project

2012-05-30T19:21:54Z

Voting rights gains of ‘60s in jeopardy, Attorney General Eric Holder says

2012-05-30T18:17:28Z

“There is a right-wing conspiracy that is alive and well in this country that is trying to take us back to 1900 and even before,” Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., a black caucus member, told the clergy leaders. “What they want to do is not ...

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Black clergy look to clear voter turnout hurdles

2012-05-30T17:48:50Z

Though she and most of the conference speakers are technically nonpartisan, U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., emphasized the politics at play. Butterfield noted that President Barack Obama won North Carolina by 14,000 votes out of more than 4 ...

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Dem: SCOTUS part of racist 'right-wing conspiracy'

2012-05-30T14:14:05Z

Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., suggested that the United States Supreme Court is participating in a racist "right-wing conspiracy" to restore Jim Crow-era laws to disenfranchise black Americans. "There is a right-wing conspiracy that is alive and well in .

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Democrats, Republicans oppose I-95 toll project

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

RALEIGH -- Legislators on both sides of the aisle, and both sides of Interstate 95, are throwing roadblocks in front of a thoroughly unpopular proposal from the state Department of Transportation to finance a $4.4 billion widening project by collecting t

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Voting rights gains of ‘60s in jeopardy, Attorney General Eric Holder says

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder told African-American clergy leaders Wednesday that a wave of new state laws on voting and legal challenges to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may jeopardize rights they helped fight for in the civil rights era. “

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House Dem: Voting Rights Act Under Assault By "Right-Wing Conspiracy"

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) warns Voter I.D. laws and the Supreme Court, via the Citizens United decision, is trying to take the take minority voters "back to 1900 and even before," referring to Jim Crow laws. Butterfield made his remarks "So the Voti

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Voting rights gains of ‘60s in jeopardy, Attorney General Eric Holder says

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

...right-wing conspiracy that is alive and well in this country that is trying to take us back to 1900 and even before,” Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., a black caucus member, told the clergy leaders. “What they want to do is not take away the right to

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Voting rights gains of ‘60s in jeopardy, Attorney General Eric Holder says

2012-05-30T01:00:00Z

Democrats, Republicans oppose I-95 toll project

2012-05-29T19:58:52Z