Vince Sheheen: A Trial Lawyer’s Trial Lawyer Sheheen Is Funding His Campaign With Lawyers – And Why Not? He’s Been In Their Pocket Since He Became A Legislator Yesterday, it was again clear why Vince Sheheen has spent his entire legislative career fighting for trial lawyers and against small businesses – and standing in the way of tort reform in South Carolina: lawyers were responsible for raising almost 40 percent of his campaign donations, totaling $233,337.17 to his gubernatorial campaign so far. South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Matt Moore released the following statement: “Vince Sheheen and his friends have spent
Why Did Vince Sheheen Vote To Kill Ethics Reform? Is It Because His Annual Income Has Quadrupled to Almost $400k Since He Entered the General Assembly? Last week, once again, Senator Sheheen had a chance to stand up for South Carolina and vote in favor of ethics reform. Rather than voting to hold a Friday legislative session, Vince voted to adjourn, which The State columnist Cindi Scoppe rightly pointed out was a vote to kill ethics reform. In response, Chad Connelly, Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, released the following statement: “Last week, Vince Sheheen voted to kill ethics
VINCE SHEHEEN’S CLOSEST ALLY: ETHICS REFORM CAN WAIT Does Vince Sheheen Agree That Ethics Reform Doesn’t Matter To Us, Is Not Senate Priority? Yesterday, Vince Sheheen’s friend and Senate Democrat colleague made the declaration that “what people are talking to me about is roads, not ethics,” and that the limited time left in this legislative session should not be spent reforming our ethics laws. In response, Chad Connelly, Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, released the following statement: “Since last year, the focus of the people of South Carolina and our Republican elected officials has been on ethics reform,
“‘WE NEED TO STOP THE REVOLVING DOOR OF ELECTED OFFICIALS …”- Vince Sheheen With Three Weeks Left In Session, Sheheen Has His Chance This weekend, Senator Vince Sheheen appropriately made the statement that it was time to stop the practice of legislators quickly becoming lobbyists, a necessary change that is included in the ethics reform legislation currently in the South Carolina Senate. In response, Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party Chad Connelly released the following statement: “We’re thrilled that Vince Sheheen has recognized the importance of passing ethics reform this year, but talk is just talk, and it’s time
WHY IS VINCE SHEHEEN AFRAID OF ETHICS REFORM? Is It Because His Annual Income Has Quadrupled to Almost $400k Since He Entered the General Assembly? Today, as members of the Republican Senate join with Governor Nikki Haley and Attorney General Alan Wilson to push for the completion of the most sweeping ethics reform legislation in decades, South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly released the following statement: “Vince Sheheen says he doesn’t want to ‘rush’ ethics legislation through the General Assembly, but only a lifelong politician and lawsuit-happy trial lawyer would try and sell a process that started last year
Dear Fellow Republican, Barack Obama has a plan for our children. He wants every child across the nation enrolled in a government early education program. Left wing academics and labor organizers hatched the plan. Sadly, their goals are social, not educational. They understand that government pre-Kindergarten isn’t academically effective. Obama’s own Department of Health and Human Services determined that among students participating in these programs “there was little evidence of systematic differences in [the] children’s elementary school experiences through 3rd grade.” Thankfully, Barack Obama’s plan has been blocked in Washington by conservative Republican lawmakers, including our South Carolina delegation. But
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly today issued a statement on the Ethics Reform proposal passed this week by the S.C. House of Representatives and sent to the S.C. Senate: “Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed the most sweeping changes to South Carolina’s ethics laws in 20 years and today the Republican leadership in the Senate made it very clear that they intend to pass the bill before the end of session. South Carolina is on the verge of becoming one of the most ethical and transparent states in the nation,
Today we saw, for the first time, Senator Vince Sheheen chime in on the conversation that Governor Haley, the rest of the General Assembly, the press, and the state of South Carolina as a whole have been having for months. In truth, we appreciate Senator Sheheen’s belated involvement in this process, as we both hope and expect it means that he, as the self-desired leader of the Democratic Party, will be able to deliver to votes of his Senate Democratic colleagues on the final passage of an ethics reform bill this year – something that is far more important to
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE South Carolina Republican Party Contact:
Alex Stroman, Executive Director Chad Connelly, Chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, today issued a statement following the announcement that liberal Democrat Vincent Sheheen plans to run, again, for South Carolina Governor. “The Vince Sheheen that announced for Governor today is even more liberal than the Vince Sheheen that voters rejected in 2010. Today’s Vince Sheheen fully supports President Obama’s failed policies. Today’s Vince Sheheen fully supports Obamacare, which will bankrupt our state. Today’s Vince Sheheen wants to raise taxes on South Carolina families, as he outlined in his new campaign
“I was proud to ask Governor O’Malley to join the SCDP for the annual Issues Conference … [His is] the kind of leadership we are lacking in South Carolina’s statehouse” –Sen. Vince Sheheen VINCE SHEHEEN WANTS MARTIN O’MALLEY’S “LEADERSHIP” IN SOUTH CAROLINA. BUT O’MALLEY’S BUDGET “FIX”? RAISE TAXES. LEGALIZE GAMBLING. O’MALLEY CALLED A SPECIAL SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO LEGALIZE GAMBLING. “If the General Assembly passes his plan to close the shortfall by raising taxes and legalizing slot-machine gambling … If the session ends in stalemate, it will be a major embarrassment for the governor, who is summoning lawmakers to Annapolis
