- RALEIGH, N.C.—A veteran lawmaker in North Carolina says she pushed the wrong button late Monday night in a marathon legislative session and accidentally opened up the state to fracking. Rep. (Wall Street Journal)
- A North Carolina lawmaker says she feels rotten after accidentally voting to override a veto of a bill that legalized fracking--the controversial technique of extracting natural gas--in the state. Rep. (ABC News)
- Becky Carney of Mecklenburg County The bill, which authorizes fracking in North Carolina and lays out the regulatory path for the state to begin issuing drill permits in two years or so, is now law. (CharlotteObserver.com)
- All Rep. Becky Carney (D-Mecklenburg) had to do was press the red button and North Carolina Governor Bev Perdues veto of a bill legalizing fracking in the state would have remained in place. (Gawker)
- A lawmaker from North Carolina accidentally voted to override a veto of a bill that would legalize fracking Monday. Rep. Becky Carney asked her fellow Democrats to uphold the governor's veto on the controversial natural gas-extracting technique. (The Celebrity Cafe.com)
- Bev Perdues veto of a fracking bill. The override passed by a single vote about 11 p.m. Monday, The Charlotte Observer reported. A Republican used a parliamentary rule to keep Rep. (United Press International)
- RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina state representative says she voted mistakenly to override the governor's veto of a bill to allow the shale gas exploration called "fracking" but Democratic Rep. (Washington Post)
- State House lawmakers have apparently accidentally legalized fracking in North Carolina, due to a deciding vote one Democrat says was a mistake. Rep. (WRAL)
- Rep. Becky Carney, a Democrat from Mecklenburg, was the deciding vote to legalize fracking, and she says she voted for the bill by mistake. The vote to override Gov. (digtriad.com)
- North Carolina State Representative Becky Carney, a staunch opponent of the state's fracking bill, turned out to be the deciding vote in the matter. No, the bill wasn't defeated. Turns out, she pressed the wrong button and became the crucial 72nd vote. (mediaite.com)
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
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