FISCAL LIBERALS DOMINATE PALMETTO STATE’S “GOP-CONTROLLED” HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Last week we took a look at the abysmal scores recorded by “Republican” members of the S.C. Senate on the S.C. Club for Growth’s 2012 legislative scorecards. This week we look at the scores put up by the S.C. House of Representatives – which is also controlled (in [...]
Inside The (Anonymous) Cigarette Tax Vote
By FITSNews || For all of S.C. Speaker Bobby Harrell’s talk of transparency in government, his S.C. House of Representatives voted to raise the cigarette tax anonymously this week.
That’s right … there was no recorded vote by lawmakers on the section of the state budget that included a 30-cent-per-pack hike on cigarettes.
Fortunately, lawmakers were forced [...]
Harrell Apologizes To House GOP Caucus
By FITSNews || S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell apologized to members of his bitterly-divided “Republican” Caucus on Wednesday – hours after he joined Democrats in approving language that would open the door for taxpayer-funded abortions in South Carolina in cases of rape, incest or danger to the life of the mother.
Unless changed by budget proviso, [...]
Leaders Join Reformers On Key Transparency Legislation
The Speaker of the S.C. House of Representatives and Majority Leader of the State Senate have joined fiscal conservative reformers in supporting a key transparency initiative – the creation of an online checkbook that would track all taxpayer expenditures over $100.
House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler have signed on as co-sponsors [...]
