John Spratt

Democrat  •  14 Terms  •  Sworn In 1983
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12/29/10
This Week in Health Care Reform Easy To Insure ME

The Republican sweep extended from coast to coast and removed more than 30 Democratic incumbents from the House of Representatives, including Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt and ... The meeting with Rep

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12/28/10
Could Reapportionment Help Losing Democrats? : Roll Call

South Carolina's one-seat gain might tempt three Members who are leaving Congress. Rep. John Spratt, the former Budget chairman, lost his battle for re-election. Spratt is unlikely to try to return given he served 14 terms. ...

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12/28/10
Meet the 112th | The year in S.C. politics

State Rep. Nikki Haley, R-Lexington, in November was elected South Carolina's first woman and first nonwhite governor ever, a post she will assume next month. Haley ? a protege of controversial outgoing Gov. ... Voters rejected two long- tenured congre

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12/28/10
SOUTH CAROLINA | Seven Republicans eye Mulvaney's SC Senate seat ...

Filing opens Friday at noon for a special election to fill the District 16 seat, which hit the market after Mulvaney defeated 14-term U.S. Rep. John Spratt in the Nov. 2 election. With no incumbent on the ballot, candidates view the ...

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12/28/10
Dissenting Times: Obama-resolutions

John Spratt [D, SC-5] Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13] Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1] Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13] Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1] Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2] Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6] Rep. Dina Titus [D, NV-3] Rep. ...

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12/28/10
South Carolina Picks Up Congressional Seat

Whatever the reason, it was enough to change the demographics and rid the 5th district of Rep. John Spratt who had become a fixture on the Potomac. Maybe if he had done his job and passed a budget, he would still be in office. ...

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12/27/10
COLUMBIA, S.C. | Elections top South Carolina's stories in 2010 ...

Alvin Greene notched an improbable win in the Democratic primary. And Sen. Mick Mulvaney knocked off 28-year veteran Rep. John Spratt to become the first Republican to represent the 5th District since 1883. These elections top the ...

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12/27/10
Elections top South Carolina's stories in 2010 - CharlotteObserver.com

Mick Mulvaney, who knocked off 28-year veteran Rep. John Spratt to become the first Republican to represent the 5th District since 1883. And just last week, the state learned that a boost in population will bring a ...

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12/27/10
This Week in Health Care Reform Easy To Insure ME | Confused Today

The Republican sweep extended from coast to coast and removed more than 30 Democratic incumbents from the House of Representatives, including Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt and ... The meeting with Rep

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12/26/10
Naughty and Nice: government spending edition | Bankrupting America

Congress also failed to finalize a single appropriations bill. Rep. John Spratt (D-SC), who chaired the House Budget Committee, paid the ultimate price for the historic budget failure: his seat in Congress. ...

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12/26/10
Haley, Greene top S.C. stories for 2010 | Aiken Standard | Aiken, SC

Mick Mulvaney, who knocked off 28-year veteran Rep. John Spratt to become the first Republican to represent the 5th District since 1883. And just last week, the state learned that a boost in population will bring a seventh seat come ...

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12/26/10
Naughty and Nice: government spending edition | www ...

For the first time since Congress began budgeting, the House failed to pass ג€“ or even to write — a budget. Congress also failed to finalize a single appropriations bill. Rep. John Spratt (D-SC), who chaired the House Budget Committee, ...

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12/25/10
John Spratt Reflects On Years In Congress | The Dillon Herald

WASHINGTON D.C. – On Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010, Representative John Spratt (D-SC) submitted the following statement for the record. Madam Speaker, when I w...

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12/25/10
Carolina Politics Online » Who is the Biggest Jackass of 2010 ...

-Soon to be EX-Congressman (Thank God) John Spratt -That Loser Who Claimed he had an affair with Nikki Haley. And two special mentions: Sen. Lindsey Graham-nesty has been nominated for this award every year, and every year he fails to ...

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12/24/10
Dissenting Times: Way to go Santa

John Spratt [D, SC-5] Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13] Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1] Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13] Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1] Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2] Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6] Rep. Dina Titus [D, NV-3] Rep. ...

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12/23/10
For the GOP, Redistricting Carries Risks

The GOP would like to solidify the hold of newly elected Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney, who defeated 14-term Democratic Rep. John Spratt last month, giving the GOP a seven-to-one edge in the Palmetto State's congressional delegation. ...

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12/23/10
2010 Election… Results and Facts | Frustrated Incorporated

Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio) Rep. Zack Space (D-Ohio) Rep. Charlie Wilson (D-Ohio) Rep. Chris Carney (D-Pa) Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper (D-Pa.) Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C) Rep. ...

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12/23/10
Carolina Politics Online » Last Chance to Vote for Jackass of the Year

The People Who Voted for Alvin Greene Richard Burr Kay Hagan L'il Prince Chucklehead (Justin Burr) Harold Johnson Tim D'Annunzio Lindsey Graham-nesty. Mike Easley John Spratt That Loser Who Claimed he had an Affair with Nikki Haley ...

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12/22/10
John Spratt Questions Fed Chair Ben Bernanke

House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt questions Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at a hearing on the economy, June 3, 2009. Video Rating: 4 / 5.

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12/22/10
This Week in Health Care Reform Easy To Insure ME | Life Shake Store

... than thirty Democratic incumbents from a House of Representatives, together with Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt as good as Transportation Committee Chairman James Oberstar. ... The assembly with Re

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12/21/10
The Blogland of Earl Capps: Meet the 2010 Joker of the Year

Outgoing Fifth District Congressman John Spratt - South Carolina's very own endangered species. Spratt's record in Congress failed to match the moderate-to-conservative front he put on for Fifth District residents, but by avoiding hot- button ... S

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12/21/10
Carolina Politics Online » Mulvaney Will Vote Against Raising Debt ...

Rep.-elect Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), who defeated current House Budget Chairman John Spratt (D-S.C.) in November, said he would vote against any attempt to raise the nation's debt ceiling. “I have heard people say that if we don't do it ...

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12/21/10
Links to this post - John Deeth Blog

One of the last senior southern white Democrats, John Spratt, lost to Mick Mulvaney here. South Dakota. Stephanie Herseth (later Herseth-Sandlin after she married former colleague Max Sandlin, one of the Texas victims of Tom DeLay's ...

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12/21/10
California Girl; Calling the Blitz; Crazy Eight; It's WEDNESDAY ...

He will serve on the House Committee on Small Business and, like out-going Rep. John Spratt, the House Budget Committee. Mulvaney said he lobbied hard for the seat on the budget committee because of the current state of the economy and ...

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12/21/10
Face to face with Bremmer and Sanger on Korean tensions | www ...

Prieur du Plessis submits: In this video clip, Charlie Rose discusses the U.S. deficit with Paul Krugman, David Walker of the Peterson Foundation, Alan Auerbach of the University of Cal-Berkeley, Rep. John Spratt and Mohamed El-Erian of ...

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12/20/10
COLUMBIA, S.C. | Census shows SC will add 7th congressional seat ...

Mick Mulvaney ousted the state's longest-serving congressman, Democratic Rep. John Spratt, from that seat. The Legislature has to pass a redistricting plan and allow time for a U.S. Justice Department review and a likely lawsuit, ...

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12/20/10
Census shows SC will add 7th congressional seat - Live5News.com ...

Mick Mulvaney ousted the state's longest-serving congressman, Democratic Rep. John Spratt, from that seat. The Legislature has to pass a redistricting plan and allow time for a U.S. Justice Department review and a likely lawsuit, ...

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12/20/10
Congressman-Elect Mick Mulvaney – “Democrats confused”

Mulvaney is a committed conservative whom I interviewed earlier this year when he was a longshot to beat 14 term incumbent Democrat and Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Spratt . In the end, he stomped Spratt with 10 percentage points ...

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12/20/10
South Carolina Celebrates Secession | Grady Hendrix

Ironically, US representative John Spratt will be voted out in November in part because he voted for the Federal stimulus package. His opponent, Mick Mulvaney, calls the stimulus package unnecessary and claims that “all it did was ...

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12/20/10
Congressman-Elect Mick Mulvaney - “Democrats confused” | RedState

Mulvaney is a committed conservative whom I interviewed earlier this year when he was a longshot to beat 14 term incumbent Democrat and Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Spratt. In the end, he stomped Spratt with 10 percentage points ...

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