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Tuesday, January 10, 2012  South Carolina Republican leaders are fighting the federal government and its decision to block the state's Voter ID bill.

Monday, August 15, 2011  Gov. Nikki Haley says South Carolinians must ask Republican presidential hopefuls tough questions as they pass through the state in the coming months.

Sunday, July 31, 2011  President Barack Obama says Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have reached an agreement with him to raise the government's debt ceiling and avoid a default.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011  Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann told a crowd of Christian activists that problems with the poor won't be solved by the government paying more money to take care of them.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  Former House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is calling for a new national energy policy to include drilling for natural gas off the South Carolina coast.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is returning to South Carolina to resume his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Friday, July 08, 2011  The SC GOP is starting the countdown to the 2012 first-in-the-South GOP presidential primary with nearly $253,000 in cash on hand. Earlier this month Gov. Haley vetoed a bill that provided partial state funding for the primary. Do you think this a tab the state should pick up, or should the bill be left up to political parties?

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  South Carolina election officials are moving toward putting on the 2012 Republican presidential primary and hope to have plans completed by October.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has vetoed state budget measures that would have covered part of the costs of the high-stakes, first-in-the-South 2012 Republican presidential primary.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011  South Carolina's first in the South Republican presidential primary has funding and operational questions popping up.

Thursday, May 19, 2011  The Southern Republican Leadership Conference is teaming up with CNN to host a Republican presidential town hall debate in Charleston next January.

Friday, July 09, 2010  South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis says too many Republican leaders are going along with what he calls a poisonous "demagoguery" that threatens the party's long-term credibility.

Thursday, June 03, 2010  House Republican leaders have cleared a logjam tied to abortion coverage in the state's health insurance plan and have approved a nearly $5 billion state budget.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010  Republican leaders in a South Carolina county known as a GOP stronghold have voted to censure U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for working with Democrats on immigration and climate change policies.