Posts Tagged ‘State Budget’
Legislative Update from Frank Iler – May 21, 2012
The short session of the 2011-2012 General Assembly began last Wednesday. The daily sessions in the House were very short — about 20 minutes each — and no roll call votes were taken. The Senate, however, voted on annexation bills, which should be in the House this week. There were intense lobbying efforts in various…
Read MoreLegislative Update & Session Wrap-Up from Rep. Frank Iler – June 21, 2011
Just when we thought the legislative calendar couldn’t be fuller, our leadership decided that we would finish the long session last week. So the calendar filled up with more than 200 bills and we stayed six days instead of the usual four with some sessions lasting until midnight. The Tuesday session was the first to…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – June 13, 2011
Last week in the General Assembly was “crossover week”. The bills that were voted out of one chamber by Thursday, June 9th, could cross over to the other chamber for consideration. Those that didn’t make it are dead for this session. It was hectic with packed committee meetings and long floor sessions, one lasting 10…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – May 16, 2011
It was interesting last week in the House not having the budget to deal with. The budget bill, House Bill 200 – Appropriations Act of 2011, was in the Senate last week. Even after it was voted out of the House, everyone still wanted to question, criticize, and second-guess the allocation of funds we had…
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 – May 2, 2011
Last week could be called “Budget Week” in the North Carolina House of Representatives. With all six of the Appropriations Sub-Committees having voted their budgets out to the full House Appropriations Committee, it was time to prepare amendments to the full budget. So, on Wednesday, the full committee (all 88 of us) met from 8:30…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Apr. 25, 2011
Last week our time in Raleigh was shortened due to the tornado outbreak across the state. We were instructed to remain in our districts Monday, if needed, to assist with storm damage or help in networking with state agencies. Fortunately, our district was not hit like many to the north and west of us. Several…
Read MoreLegislative Update from Rep. Frank Iler – Apr. 18, 2011
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. …
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