Former 6th District Congressman Howard Coble died Tuesday night. He was 84 years old.
Coble's brother confirmed his death to WFMY News 2 Wednesday morning.
"J. Howard Coble passed away at 11:40 p.m., Nov. 3 after an extended hospitalization. The family wishes to thank Dr. Ali Hajazi and the staff of the Select Specialty Hospital in Greensboro for their excellent care. The community… Read more »
For one Blowing Rock family, a trip to Washington, D.C. last week turned into an opportunity to witness a bit of American history.
Betsy Wilcox brought her grandchildren Abby Hedgecock, 14, and Walter Hedgecock, 12, to the House of Representatives on Thursday, Oct. 29 in time to sit in the House gallery see the House vote on the nomination of Rep. Paul Ryan as the newest Speaker… Read more »
The four Republican congressional representatives who serve the greater High Point area voted against a federal budget deal but supported new House speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in a pair of key votes this week.
Democratic Rep. Alma Adams took an opposite stance. She voted for the budget deal meant to avoid the possibility of a federal government shutdown and confrontation over raising… Read more »
Federal debt formed a partisan divide among Rowan County’s U.S. House members this week during a budget vote.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a federal budget by a 266-167 vote. It got the support of Rep. Alma Adams, D-12. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5, voted to oppose the spending measure. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-8, was one of two members of the U.S. House who missed… Read more »
Votes cast by U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis of North Carolina show that they do not agree with each other on the two-year budget deal that supporters say spares the United States from a default crisis and opponents say opens the door wider to unchecked spending.
The U.S. Senate voted 64-35 early Friday to approve the budget deal.
Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, voted… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, is more in line with former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas on the subject of federal income taxes than any of the other Republican presidential candidates who participated in the CNBC-moderated debate Wednesday.
As it turns out, Huckabee walks alone among his GOP rivals, though his income-tax proposal reflects a similar proposal co-sponsored by 72… Read more »
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR), which creates vouchers for a certain number of K-12 students in the District of Columbia. But what will happen after the House's passage of H.R. 10 is unclear.
The Opportunity Scholarship program is a political favorite of House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio,… Read more »
Congress, the Pentagon and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) have been clamoring for years that increased competition is the most effective way to reduce wasteful defense spending. Yet the practice of awarding contracts on a sole source basis is pervasive throughout the Defense Department. In fact, about half of the $3 trillion the department expects to spend during… Read more »
There’s plenty of uncertainty about who will be leading the House — but not quite as much on where they’ll lead. One of the biggest priorities of the new speaker has already been decided, thanks in part to [Wednesday’s] vote to turn up the heat on Planned Parenthood. Now five investigations into the ghoulish organ harvesting business, members say the only thing they’re left with is more… Read more »
Nearly 20 leading Republicans are urging their colleagues to refrain from making any rash decisions after the surprise exit of Kevin McCarthy from the speakership race on Thursday.
In a letter sent to GOP lawmakers, the Republicans, including Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan, and Reps. Jeff Miller, Peter Roskam and Lynn Jenkins, said the conference needs to reevaluate its message and… Read more »
