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Sunday, December 23, 2012  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he is considering a campaign for his former seat in Congress.

Friday, November 11, 2011  South Carolina Democrats filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the U.S. House district lines drawn by the Republican-dominated Legislature, calling them electoral apartheid.

Friday, October 14, 2011  Former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is filing paperwork needed to begin a bid for a U.S. House seat along South Carolina's coast.  In a statement on Friday, Bauer said he filed paperwork for the contest next year with the Federal Election Commission.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  South Carolina's U.S. House redistricting plan that includes a new 7th District is under review by the U.S. Justice Department.

Sunday, August 14, 2011  Presidential hopeful Rick Perry has tapped the former chairman of the Republican Party chairman in South Carolina to lead his campaign efforts in that state.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011  South Carolina's state Senate has given approval to a bill establishing a new 7th congressional district in the Lowcountry.  Wednesday's 25-15 vote came after GOP Senate leaders argued against approving a plan that varied greatly from a House version of the bill.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011  Dunhill Staffing president Neil Whitman says in the video released Tuesday by the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that the National Labor Relations Board's lawsuit is "an assault" on the way business is done in America.

Monday, June 20, 2011  A bus full of more than 60 Tea Party Members and republicans from the Grand Strand and Pee Dee are heading to Columbia, SC Monday. Their mission: to clearly tell their state senators their displeasure with the senate's current districting plan.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  A U.S. House committee plans a hearing in South Carolina this month over a federal labor lawsuit against Boeing Co. that claims the company moved manufacturing facilities from Washington state to North Charleston avoid unionized workers.

Thursday, April 14, 2011  House passes bill cutting billions from budget, sends to Senate for likely final passage

Saturday, April 09, 2011  Congress, White House reach deal to avoid government shutdown, cite 'historic' spending cuts

Monday, January 10, 2011  Judge sentences ex-House Majority Leader DeLay to 3 years in prison in money laundering scheme.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Gowdy beat Democrat Paul Corden and several third-party candidates Tuesday in South Carolina's heavily conservative 4th District, anchored by Greenville and Spartanburg.

Sunday, October 31, 2010  SC Dems hope get-out-vote effort chills GOP drive

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  A nationwide campaign revving up Tuesday in Columbia to fix aging roads and unsafe bridges.