Rep. Heath Shuler

Democrat  •  11th District, North Carolina  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 2007
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06/01/12
House Democrats Vote to Support Gender-Based Abortions

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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06/01/12
House rejects bill penalizing doctors for sex-selective abortions

"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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06/01/12
House rejects bill penalizing doctors for sex selective abortions

...(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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06/01/12
House Democrats Vote to Support Gender-Based Abortions

...(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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05/31/12
Of Various Veepsters, and the Christie Conjecture

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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05/30/12
Still no settlement money for Swain

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

Source: Smoky Mountain News
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05/30/12
EPA Agents, Police Officer Interrogate Asheville Emailer

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

Source: Carolina Journal
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05/29/12
Can a Progressive Atheist Defeat the Democrats’ “Family” Man in NC?

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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05/29/12
Health care's sick numbers

...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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05/25/12
Latest filings show Pascrell has raised and spent more than Rothman

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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05/25/12
Latest filings show Pascrell has raised and spent more than Rothman

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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05/25/12
Latest filings show Pascrell has raised and spent more than Rothman

...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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05/25/12
Latest filings show Pascrell has raised and spent more than Rothman

...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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05/24/12
Patterson and Meadows head to runoff election

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 ...

Source: Macon County News
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05/24/12
Donnelly Rejects Republican Attempts To Label Him

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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05/23/12
Swain residents don’t deserve another broken promise

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.

Source: Smoky Mountain News
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05/22/12
Target practice and marksmanship training bill gets hearing in House

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).

Source: Examiner
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05/21/12
Coalition of Attorneys General Urge Passage of National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity

...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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05/20/12
Our Views: House’s center still shrinking

“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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05/19/12
North Carolina's Heath Shuler could become a lobbyist for 'pink slime'

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 ...

Source: Examiner
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05/19/12
Votes in Congress: May 14-18

Voting yes: Renee Ellmers, Walter Jones, Virginia Foxx, Howard Coble, Mike McIntyre, Sue Myrick, Patrick McHenry Voting no: G.K. Butterfield, David Price,Larry Kissell, Heath Shuler ... Hagan REP. PAUL RYAN'S BUDGET: Voting 41 for and 58 ...

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05/19/12
Will doctor kill your credit?

...your scores have gone nowhere. The Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2011, introduced in the U.S. House last year by Rep. Heath Shuler, D-N.C., would have required credit bureaus to remove medical collections of $2,500 or less within 45 days after they

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05/18/12
Politics Now: GOP's not worried about securing 10th District win

The party said this shift was one reason some prominent Democrats — like outgoing U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler in the 11th District and Gov. Bev Perdue — decided not to run again. But it didn’t mention Keever or Republican U.S. Rep. Patrick ...

Source: Asheville Citizen-Times
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05/16/12
Sri Lankan Minister Prof. Peiris Invites US Legislators To Visit Sri Lanka

Additionally, the minister held a meeting with Representatives Heath Shuler (Democrat – North Carolina), Ben Chandler ... including the committee’s Democratic Party ranking member, Rep. Howard Berman (Democrat – California), Steve Chabot (Republican

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05/16/12
Republicans must face off in second primary

Yes. Does it make it impossible? No,” Meadows said. The field was already overflowing with candidates from both sides of the aisle looking to snatch up the seat of departing Congressman Heath Shuler, D-Waynesville. Eight Republicans lined up to fight for

Source: Smoky Mountain News
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05/16/12
McCrory, Dalton moving on to fall for NC governor

For the 11th District in the mountains, Democrat Hayden Rogers won a primary election to replace his former boss, outgoing U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler. Rogers will face the winner of a GOP runoff between real estate investor Mark Meadows and business owner Vanc

Source: WRAL
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05/16/12
Perdue will not seek re-election

11th District Congressman Heath Shuler; former state Sen. Cal Cunningham, who lost a 2010 bid for the U.S. Senate; Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines; and Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx. Foxx said in a statement that he remains focused on leading the Queen ...

Source: WRAL
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05/16/12
Perdue's decision could benefit Obama

Names circulating as possible candidates include 13th District Congressman Brad Miller, 11th District Congressman Heath Shuler, 7th District Congressman Mike McIntyre, former 2nd District Congressman Bob Etheride, former State Treasurer Richard Moore ...

Source: WRAL
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05/15/12
Commissioners concerned about ICE building

who added that county officials should perhaps contact Washington lawmakers from North Carolina, such as U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler. Reach Glancy at 828-694-7860 or gary.glancy@blueridgenow.com.

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05/14/12
Three candidates make the cut in WNC congressional races

I'm glad to have the opportunity to debate those issues with Rep. Keever." Rogers, who previously served as Rep. Heath Shuler's chief of staff, called the win "the first step in our effort to continue moving Western North Carolina forward," in an email rel

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