112th Congress

Shuler's Outreach Goes All the Way to Sri Lanka
By Daniel Newhauser | Roll Call | October 26, 2011

In North Carolina, he’s known as a Congressman. In Tennessee, he’s known as a quarterback. But in Sri Lanka, Rep. Heath Shuler is known as an ally.

Over the past three years, the Democrat has quietly built a reputation as a top Congressional booster of the small South Asian country, grabbing headlines there last week when he returned for his second Congressional delegation trip in about as many years.

The History of the Trade Agreements in the House
By Chad Pergram | Fox News | October 10, 2011

"You never know with trade agreements," mused a House Republican aide recently. "You can never take anything for granted."

And such is the case as the House of Representatives embarks on a slate of three trade agreements this week. They're designed to bolster the sale of goods and exchanges of services between the U.S. and Colombia, South Korea and Panama.

A Walking Economic Stimulus
By Stewart Verdery | Homeland Security Policy Institute | October 24, 2011

Illegal is illegal
By Malarie Haven | The Sand Mountain Reporter | October 21, 2011

Some believe Alabama's new law cracking down on illegal immigration may save taxpayers' money, but it's 15 years too late to save the brother-in-law of Albertville City Councilman Chuck Ellis.

Ellis favors the law and has spent many years fighting for immigration reform. if(typeof oTNCMS_Ad.setRelative == 'function'){ oTNCMS_Ad.setRelative(); }oTNCMS_Ad.show();