Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Heath Shuler [D, NC-11]

House Democrats Vote to Support Gender-Based Abortions

2012-06-01T14:47:31Z

and Heath Shuler (N.C.). Fox News has more ... winning president can refuse to protect little girls from the violence of sex-selection abortion,” Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., said Thursday. Bill sponsor Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz.,

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House rejects bill penalizing doctors for sex-selective abortions

2012-06-01T06:40:45Z

"In 2007, the United States spearheaded a U.N. resolution to condemn sex-selective abortion worldwide," said Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), the sponsor of the bill. "Yet, here in the land of the free and the home of the brave, we are the only advanced ...

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House rejects bill penalizing doctors for sex selective abortions

2012-06-01T01:00:00Z

...(Calif.), Tim Holden (Pa.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Daniel Lipinski (Ill.), Stephen Lynch (Mass.), Jim Matheson (Utah), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Collin Peterson (Minn.), Nick Rahall (W.Va.), Silvestre Reyes (Texas), Mike Ross (Ark.) and Heath Shuler (N.C.)..

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House Democrats Vote to Support Gender-Based Abortions

2012-06-01T01:00:00Z

...(Utah), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Collin Peterson (Minn.), Nick Rahall (W.Va.), Silvestre Reyes (Texas), Mike Ross (Ark.) and Heath Shuler (N.C.). The White House and Democratic lawmakers opposed the bill out of concern that it could end up subjecting docto

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Of Various Veepsters, and the Christie Conjecture

2012-05-31T06:06:09Z

I have listed eight longshots, somewhat in fun but not entirely without merit: Artur Davis, Heath Shuler (the least wise), Richard ... but she bears watching. Choice 10B is Rep. McMorris Rodgers of Washington State, covered in an earlier column.

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Still no settlement money for Swain

2012-05-30T09:42:05Z

Its promised $4 million was left out of President Obama’s budget for next year. Congressman Heath Shuler, D-Waynesville, said he is baffled at how or why the $4 million cash settlement appropriation was left of out of the Presidential budget, pledging to

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EPA Agents, Police Officer Interrogate Asheville Emailer

2012-05-30T05:53:01Z

After contacting Burr, Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, and U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, D-11th, Keller said only Burr’s office has responded. Burr’s legislative assistant Matthew Dockham told Keller by phone that “he should take this to the nth degree at

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Can a Progressive Atheist Defeat the Democrats’ “Family” Man in NC?

2012-05-29T21:53:24Z

You can follow her at @seasonothebitch. Congressman Heath Shuler is best known for a few things: his NFL career, his challenge of Nancy Pelosi for House Democratic Leadership, and his co-sponsorship of anti-abortion bills. Once lauded as a new ...

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Health care's sick numbers

2012-05-29T01:00:00Z

...was protesting in Washington two years ago against the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. Rep. Heath Shuler hadnt made up his mind on Obamacare until three days before the vote and in my view shamefully, literally ran away from an agreed-upon meeting w

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Latest filings show Pascrell has raised and spent more than Rothman

2012-05-25T12:18:20Z

Former Redskins quarterback and Democratic North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler, who announced in February he would not run for another term because redistricting made his district more heavily Republican, gave to both candidates. Pascrell got $ ...

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Latest filings show Pascrell has raised and spent more than Rothman

2012-05-25T12:18:20Z

Latest filings show Pascrell has raised and spent more than Rothman

2012-05-25T01:00:00Z

...Sanford Bishop of Georgia, and Mel Watt of North Carolina. Former Redskins quarterback and Democratic North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler, who announced in February he would not run for another term because redistricting made his district more heavily Repu

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Latest filings show Pascrell has raised and spent more than Rothman

2012-05-25T01:00:00Z

Patterson and Meadows head to runoff election

2012-05-24T06:35:55Z

Even Heath Shuler says he is frustrated that he couldn’t get anything done. I fail to see the prudence of sending a congressman from Western North Carolina who has been part of the Washington machine that has offered little hope, placed blame and has ...

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Donnelly Rejects Republican Attempts To Label Him

2012-05-24T00:16:32Z

He says that in his first two terms, Pelosi was the only Democrat running, and that's why he voted for her. Recently, North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler ran against Pelosi and he voted for Shuler.

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Swain residents don’t deserve another broken promise

2012-05-23T08:17:19Z

If Rep. Heath Shuler, D-Waynesville — who happens to be a Swain County native — can’t get this fixed pretty quick, then we’ll have to agree with those who have long insisted the feds had no intention of holding up their end of this deal.

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Target practice and marksmanship training bill gets hearing in House

2012-05-22T09:08:37Z

The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans & Insular Affairs took testimony on the Target Practice & Marksmanship Training Support Act (H.R. 3065), which was introduced last September by Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC).

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Coalition of Attorneys General Urge Passage of National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity

2012-05-21T01:00:00Z

...of H.R. 822, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011.” The bill, sponsored by Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), has 245 cosponsors and was approved in the U.S. House of Representatives by an overwhelming bipartisan

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Our Views: House’s center still shrinking

2012-05-20T22:39:52Z

“The Blue Dogs represent 80 percent of America, but there are just 25 of us in the House,” Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., told Roll Call on Capitol Hill. Shuler is also retiring from the House. Redistricting reform would be the main institutional reform to

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North Carolina's Heath Shuler could become a lobbyist for 'pink slime'

2012-05-19T17:47:34Z

Founded by former Democrat Idaho Congressman Walter Minnick, The Majority Group represents a number of major industries including the beef industry. The beef industry has been the subject of recent controversy of the ammoniun hydroxide-treated ...

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