North Carolina Government & Politics Catch-All

[nycfan]

Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors

For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it finally succeeded.

www.propublica.org

 

[nycfan]

 

[CarolinaFever]

And you know if a Pub ever got elected and the Pubs were in the majority of the legislature that all of that would be reversed.

 

[wmheel1287]

And you know if a Pub ever got elected and the Pubs were in the majority of the legislature that all of that would be reversed.

Actually, no, I do not think it would. The folks running the legislature (and Berger in particular) are so power hungry that they dont want anyone calling shots other than them.

 

[mpaer]

And you know if a Pub ever got elected and the Pubs were in the majority of the legislature that all of that would be reversed.

Pat Mccroy came in and of course the first thing you do is submit a budget-which Art Pope wrote
The legisalture literally tossed his budget in the trash and then spent mths bitching amongst each other-House V Senate

 

[Mulberry Heel]

Yeah, in true MAGA fashion, the GOPers running the state house and state senate haven't been able to get along and work with each other for years. Phil Berger doesn't like to share power with anyone, and most of the GOP House Speakers have resented Berger and his power and influence. Of course they do vote lockstep on some things, like cutting corporate taxes to the bone and deregulating everything, but in some areas - like coming up with a budget for the state - they've been bickering for years. One thing they have done together, as earlier posts pointed out, is to consistently strip more and more power from the executive branch and transfer it to the legislative branch. Just a real shitshow, and has been for years.

 

[Duke Mu]

Yeah, in true MAGA fashion, the GOPers running the state house and state senate haven't been able to get along and work with each other for years. Phil Berger doesn't like to share power with anyone, and most of the GOP House Speakers have resented Berger and his power and influence. Of course they do vote lockstep on some things, like cutting corporate taxes to the bone and deregulating everything, but in some areas - like coming up with a budget for the state - they've been bickering for years. One thing they have done together, as earlier posts pointed out, is to consistently strip more and more power from the executive branch and transfer it to the legislative branch. Just a real shitshow, and has been for years.

MAGA Civil War. Typical.