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Burr touts buyout during area visit By George A. Chidi, Rocky Mount Telegram The next step legislators can take would be to let farmers sell their extra tobacco early now that Congress has voted to end the tobacco quota system, said the Republicans' candidate for the U.S. Senate at a Saturday morning campaign stop in Rocky Mount. U.S. Rep. Richard Burr, R-5th District, hopes to add the rules change to an omnibus appropriations bill before the end of the year, he said shortly after meeting with supporters at the Hampton Inn in Rocky Mount. "With the quota system going away,...

I was at two of these events on Saturday, one in Rocky Mount and one in Wilson.As I have listed below, more will follow next Saturday. I encourage any Freepers who can make it to attend, and to pass this information along. It's not noted on the Burr website, but I believe that just as at the events I attended, GOP-backed candidates for state office will be traveling with the campaign.At the events on Saturday, October 16th, the following candidates were there: - Alice Stubbs, candidate for NC Court of Appeals- Bill Parker, candidate for NC Court of Appeals- Barbara...

ATR Release 3/31/2004 Support for Tax Reform and Spending Restraint Continues to Grow In North Carolina 5th Congressional District Taxes and Spending Dominate WASHINGTON - North, South, East, and West, taxes continue to dominate political discussion in America . Voters in Alabama , California , and Oregon have rejected tax increases. President Bush and Sen. John Kerry talk about taxes every day. And without question, this will also play out in Congressional races throughout the country. Case in point: North Carolina 's 5 th District. A plan put forward by candidate Nathan Tabor, an Americans for Tax Reform pledge signer,...

FIFTH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ED POWELL TODAY CONDEMNED THE CENTRAL AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (CAFTA) Winston-Salem, NC – Republican 5th District Congressional candidate Ed Powell announced today that he is absolutely opposed to the newly announced Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Powell said, “We should have learned our lesson from NAFTA and the awful Chinese experiment that the only people who win in these trade agreements are the Wall Street chieftains who have sold the Fifth District workers down the river in the textile and furniture industry. These big-time Wall Streeters, who have one of their own running...

Democrat in G.O.P. Clothing? Winston-Salem, NC - On Monday, Republican COngressional candidate Ed Powell criticized Jay Helvey for having Erskine Bowles's Finance Committee Chairman, Scott Livengood, as the chairman of the Helvey for Congress campaign. "This is proof-positive of what i suspected all along: Winston-Salem's downtown Democrats aretrying to hijack the Republican Primary with their man, Jay Helvey," Powell said. "It is beyond hypocritical for Helvey to praise Congressman Burr on the campaign trail and then have Erkine Bowles's biggest supporter in the Fifth District as his campaign chairman." Livengood's history with Erskine Bowles is a long one. Livengood contributed...