Civitas Action annually ranks House members based on their “Conservative Effectiveness” through a system that is derived by analyzing votes on important legislation. Civitas Action ranked Rep. Frank Iler the ninth most effective of the 120 members in the N.C. House. “This type of recognition is validation that I am working to keep our promises [...]
The American Conservative Union (ACU), a leading voice on national grassroots conservative issues, recently rated North Carolina’s state legislature based on their analysis of critical issues. Based on those ratings, Rep. Frank Iler was given the “Defender of Liberty” award for scoring 100% on the ACU 2011 State Legislative Rankings.
The top priority last week was again the budget. The budget bill, which was voted out of the House Appropriations committee the previous Wednesday, was taken up on the House floor on Tuesday. For the first time, the budget was on-line for public viewing for five days. After an eleven-hour floor session and over 40 [...]
Being in Raleigh last week was like being in the eye of a hurricane. Bills were blowing through committees, coming to the House floor for heated debate, and moving back and forth from the House to the Senate and back. All the while, the Governor was vetoing three of our key bills in four days. [...]
Last week in Raleigh was notable for the long debates on several bills. This started Monday night with House Bill 129 – Level Playing Field/Local Gov’t Competition. When a local town or county gets into the business of providing digital broadband as one of its services to their citizens, this bill provides that they have [...]
The big news last week revolved around the possible override of the Governor’s veto of House Bill 2 – Protect Health Care Freedom, the hearing in the House Education Committee on Senate Bill 8 – No Cap on Charter Schools, and the impending passage in the Senate of Senate Bill 110 – Permit Terminal Groins. [...]
The budget was on everybody’s mind and their agenda last week. We received the Governor’s budget the previous Thursday, so every morning at 8:30; all six of the joint appropriations sub-committees were meeting to work on the House version of the budget. As a member of the House Appropriations Sub-committee on Transportation, we are slightly [...]
Each week at the General Assembly in February seems to be busier than the previous week. More bills are coming out of committee and to the House and Senate floor each day. Committees are meeting more frequently to get their work done. Last week began with Governor Perdue’s State of the State address on Monday [...]
The third week of the 2011 session in the General Assembly continued to be very busy. Appropriations sub-committees, all six of them, began meeting with their full memberships every morning, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. They are joint meetings with the Senate, so Senator Rabon and I are both in the Transportation meeting as vice-chairs of [...]
The plan below was developed by Rep. Paul Stam, the Republican leader in the N.C. House of Representatives. If elected to a full term in the N.C. House, I will support this plan and work for its implementation. – Frank Iler North Carolina‘s state government must reduce costs and regulation on business, large and small, [...]
