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Democrats take another crack at popular Republican congressman
August 27, 2008 - Alamance County may be Ground Zero in North Carolina for the immigration debate, but among the Carolina Bank employees and Women’s Resource Center staff members gathered at a Habitat for Humanity worksite on a busy roadside on the northern outskirts of Burlington on a recent Thursday morning, the conversation took a decidedly empathetic tone. The emotional temperature ran warm, not hot.
Teresa Sue Bratton, a Democratic candidate for Congress in the North Carolina’s 6th District, pulled on a Habitat T-shirt and took a seat under the break tent. “I sat down with an immigration lawyer earlier this week,” she told banker Chris Clemmons. “One of the things he was telling me is that from the 1940s through the 1960s you could come in as a guest worker, not a seasonal worker.
With that provision combined with vigorous enforcement with employers, illegal immigration went down to almost nothing. We have the seasonal, unskilled labor, but we don’t have the year-round unskilled workers.”
Clemmons is just the kind of voter Bratton’s campaign manager, a graduate student at UNCG named Kent Benson, has in mind. “This is a windfall year for Democrats,” he said. “A lot of people are fed up with the Republican administration and looking for change. We’re hoping that will carry us through.” Read more
Bratton Supports House Bill that Encourages the Use of Existing Oil Drilling Leases
August 18, 2008 GREENSBORO -- Teresa Sue Bratton, Democratic candidate for Congress from the Sixth Congressional District, today spoke in support of an amendment to the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976.
HR 6515 requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious environmentally responsible program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
According to Dr. Bratton, “This bill instructs oil companies to use existing land leases for drilling instead of providing new leases on untarnished land.
“We should not grant new leases to oil companies to drill off our coasts and in our natural preserves when they are not using the leases which they have already been granted.
“I am surprised that my opponent, Congressman Coble, voted against this bill. With gas prices as high as they are, all of us need relief at the pump. It seems perfectly reasonable to me that we begin by drilling for oil on existing leases before the federal government forces our states to allow drilling off their shores. The people of North Carolina have long opposed drilling off our coast and I support them in that.”
Teresa Sue Bratton of Greensboro is the Democratic nominee for Congress from North Carolina's Sixth Congressional District. For more information on Bratton, please visit her campaign Web site, www.teresasuebratton.com.
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Bratton Supports Congressional Votes on Medicare Improvements
August 18, 2008 GREENSBORO -- Teresa Sue Bratton, Democratic candidate for Congress and North Carolina physician, today spoke in support of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008.
“If we had continued to decrease payments to physicians and not have allowed them to have a sustainable cost of living increase, they would be forced to choose between seeing these patients or having to close their doors.”
“Medicare is essential to the healthcare of many of our senior citizens. I applaud those in Congress who voted in favor of this bill. The overwhelming majority with which it passed is a testament to how many of our legislators feel about protecting our greatest generation.”
Teresa Sue Bratton of Greensboro is the Democratic nominee for Congress from North Carolina's Sixth Congressional District. For more information on Bratton, please visit her campaign Web site, www.teresasuebratton.com.
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Bratton Urges Passage of The Electronic Message Preservation Act (HR 5811)
August 18, 2008 GREENSBORO -- Teresa Sue Bratton, Democratic candidate for Congress, today urged passage of The Electronic Message Preservation Act (HR 5811).
“This bill calls on our Federal government to establish guidelines for protecting the electronic documents and communications created in the course of government business.
“E-mail was invented 37 years ago. I believe it is time Congress recognized not only the role of electronic communications in government but also the importance of preserving electronic documents for future generations.
“We cannot claim to have an 'open' government unless we preserve the documents created in the course of that government, and that includes electronic documents.”
Teresa Sue Bratton of Greensboro is the Democratic nominee for Congress from North Carolina's Sixth Congressional District. For more information on Bratton, please visit her campaign Web site, www.teresasuebratton.com.
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Greensboro's News & Record Endorsement
Friday, May. 2, 2008 - A News & Record editorial
The three Democrats vying for a chance in the May 6 primary to unseat veteran 6th District Rep. Howard Coble all say it's time for a change.
In addition to sharing a view that Coble's voting record makes him vulnerable, they have something else in common. All are making a first try at elective office. [..]
Teresa Sue Bratton, 59, is a physician specializing in pediatric allergies. She's married, has three children and resides in Greensboro. [..]
And on that key issue [health care], Bratton offers a more workable approach than her opponents. She favors compatible government and private coverage for people not in employer-paid plans. [..]
Bratton comes across as thoughtful and knowledgeable. If elected, time spent living in Great Britain and Canada could prove an asset in the national health care debate. Any of the three would face a formidable task in taking on the popular Coble, who has no primary opposition in the heavily Republican 6th District. However, Bratton emerges as the candidate who best articulates an opposing viewpoint worth hearing.