VOT3R (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Clyburn said the governor should have told more people where he was going. COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) – South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn said Tuesday that Gov. Mark Sanford should have told the state's lieutenant governor he would be traveling out of state before embarking on a hiking trip...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Clyburn said the governor should have told more people where he was going. COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) – South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn said Tuesday that Gov. Mark Sanford should have told the state's lieutenant governor he would be traveling out of state before embarking on a hiking trip along the Appalachian Trail. "I wish he had [...]
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
... Congress spending some time on the course during the Congressional recess. House Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn played in an earlier Pro Am tournament ahead of the AT&T National on Monday, according to his spokeswoman Kristie Greco.Although Woods is scheduled to play with the House Republican leader, he's kept his political leanings close to the vest.Woods visited Washington in March 2007 to...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
... how many calls they made — or how many times they checked and rechecked their list — Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) kept coming up between 12 and 20 votes short of the 216 votes needed to win. [] Party leaders agreed to bring the bill to the floor during a meeting Monday night, even though some of the members present had reservations about forcing...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
House Democrats struggled for days to try to cobble together enough votes to approve the controversial legislation. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., conceded Friday that he wasn't sure if he had the votes to pass the bill. But late Friday afternoon, Kennedy appeared in the House chamber after being sidelined for weeks after checking himself into a rehabilitation center.
Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
... BY BLACK RADIO that merits a Federal Bailout? Furthermore, the bill being sponsored by Rep. Jim Clyburn, also includes a “tax” on radio stations to play the music of your favorite artists, and since that tax will become effective if the bill becomes law, guess who’s going to pay for listening to Jay-Z, his wife, Beyonce, Ciara, or any other artists? Peep This: It’s not as if black owned...
