Posts Tagged ‘Small Businesses’
Legislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Aug. 2, 2011
Last week in the North Carolina General Assembly was devoted almost entirely to voting to override the Governor’s veto on some of the key bills that we had passed and voting on the redistricting maps for the U.S. Congress, the N.C. House and N.C. Senate. There were actually few bills on which to vote, but…
Read MoreLegislative Update & Session Wrap-Up from Rep. Frank Iler – July 25, 2011
After more than a month away from regular business in Raleigh, this week it is time to return for scheduled votes in House floor sessions. The past two weeks have been taken up with “skeleton sessions” and no votes so that bills could be read in and sent to committee. The biggest issues have dealt…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – June 6, 2011
It was hot in Raleigh last week and promises to be even hotter this week and I’m not just referring to the weather. It seemed that bills were coming through committees by the dozens and we took up almost 100 on the House floor. The Senate continued debating and voted on the 2011 – 2013…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – May 9, 2011
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…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Mar. 14, 2011
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.…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Feb. 28, 2011
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…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Feb. 21, 2011
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…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Feb. 14, 2011
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…
Read More100 Days That Will Change North Carolina
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,…
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