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OLIVIA BEAVERS and SARAH FERRIS : Politico
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rep. Richard Hudson remembers warning Rep. Liz Cheney, minutes before she took the stage at last year’s House GOP retreat, that she would likely get asked whether Donald Trump was still considered the leader of the party.
During the past two sessions of Congress, Democrat Bobby Rush and Republican Richard Hudson introduced legislation together to improve workforce-training programs.
But this year, Rush altered the language of the bill and stripped out a key element: Hudson.
“He reintroduced it, and he’s added all this money to it and didn’t consult me,” the North Carolina Republican said.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Eight members of North Carolina's congressional delegation on Friday sent a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper to find out why the state has been so slow in doling out federal recovery funds following Hurricane Matthew.
SALISBURY — State and federal leaders are rightly taking steps to rescue victims of human trafficking, but unless lawmakers increase support for survivors’ care and rehabilitation, those efforts will be thwarted, a group of North Carolina experts say.