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Representative for North Carolina District 8

Born

April 24, 1966

Age 60

Phone

(202) 225-1976

Office

126 Cannon House Office Building, Washington 20515

Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Republican|North Carolina District 8

Mark Harris

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Voting Record — 593

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No25%

Present0%

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Party align93%

Cross-party1%

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Mark Harris

U.S. RepresentativeRepublicanNorth Carolina District 8

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Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialJun 2(source)

Happy Pride month to all of us. Maybe we can all be a little louder than usual this June--and a little kinder to one another.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialJun 1(source)

It takes strength to look the person who could fire you in the eye and tell them that both they and their boss are giant pieces of trash. You usually don't win, but you definitely leave a mark, and you write your place in history. That's what Scott Pelley did today.

Justin Baragona

@justinbaragona.bsky.social

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Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

"Bari loves this institution," Bilton told staffers at one point during the highly contentious meeting. "She loves '60 Minutes.'"

"She's murdering '60 Minutes,'" Pelley countered. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that."

This story is based on audio of the meeting obtained by Status. A CBS News spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, but Pelley's stunning series of remarks left staffers on the newsmagazine wondering if he will resign.

In the meeting, Pelley pointed out that Weiss has "no qualifications for her job" and told Bilton "you have slender qualifications for this job." Pelley, the former anchor of "CBS Evening News," noted that the changes Weiss has made to that program "have been catastrophic."

"So why should we expect any of this is going to be any better?" Pelley asked Bilton.

Bilton tried to move the meeting along, but Pelley pressed on, challenging the new executive producer’s references in interviews to “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt’s vision for the program as he outlined his plans.

"I have another question," the veteran journalist said. "Did you at any point work with Don Hewitt, telling everybody about what Don Hewitt thought, and what his inspiration was? I worked for Don Hewitt from 1999 to 2004 and Lesley Stahl probably worked with him for 30 years. Just wondering how you have such deep insight?"

Bilton replied that he was simply quoting Hewitt’s own words from past interviews and asked Pelley whether he had any other questions. Pelley said that he did.

"I have many questions," Pelley responded. "What was wrong with Sharyn Alfonsi?"

As Bilton started to say he would "defer," Pelley interrupted: "This is not the crowd to dodge."

Bilton insisted he was not dodging.

"Nobody talked to you about that?" Pelley continued, pressing him on the firing. "They're taking one of your correspondents away and nobody mentioned to you what was wrong with Sharyn?"

Bilton acknowledged that he "had conversations with people."

"And what came out of those conversations?" Pelley asked. "They are private conversations?"

Bilton reiterated that he "did not fire" Alfonsi or Vega. Pelley pointed out that Bilton had nonetheless discussed the matter with others. Charles Forelle, a top Weiss deputy and managing editor of CBS News, interjected, telling Pelley that he was being "rude."

"This is not actually productive," Forelle said. "This is not an interview."

"It's working for me," Pelley replied.

"Anybody came into our house—this is '60 Minutes,'" Pelley added. "I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off?"

Pelley then asked Bilton "what was wrong with" Draggan Mihailovich, the executive editor of "60 Minutes" who was fired on Thursday.

Bilton again said that he did not fire Mihailovich. Forelle one more told Pelley that he was being "rude."

Pelley did not let up, however. The veteran newsman told Bilton and Forelle that the way management handled the firings was "cruel." Forelle—yet again—responded by calling Pelley "rude."

"I'm not being rude," Pelley shot back. "I have some pretty—you know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock. Sending Draggan Mihailovich to HR to get fired, because nobody could look him in the eye. Not talking about Tanya's contract. Not talking about Sharyn Alfonsi's contract. Not talking about Cecilia Vega's contract. Just calling them up and telling they were fired. That's rude. This is a conversation. That is rude, and you were part of that."

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialJun 1(source)

Those were my faves to plan and work on--thank you!

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialJun 1(source)

There has never in the 75-year history of network news been someone who has done a worse job than Bari Weiss at CBS News. It's one thing to have no integrity, ability, or self-awareness; to add reprehensible politics and a skill for finding like-minded minions is breathtaking.

Justin Baragona

@justinbaragona.bsky.social

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Sources tell me that Scott Pelley got into a heated back-and-forth with new '60 Minutes' executive producer Nick Bilton and managing editor Charles Forelle in today's meeting. He demanded to know why his colleagues were fired, prompting Bilton to say he wouldn't be intimidated and quickly leave.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialJun 1(source)

But it's a lead, don't you think?

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialJun 1(source)

Not all stories are summarizable in a headline or a blurb--neither of which writers control. All of us who do this are used to our work getting trashed unread, or dismissed, or mischaracterized. Forgive me when I say that to stay sane, we have to care only about those who bother to read what we do.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialJun 1(source)

Just going to reiterate that this story is sharp, thoughtful, appropriately funny and appropriately disdainful-alarmed-disgusted. A number of people here seem to need a depiction-is-not-endorsement refresher course.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

@taffyakner.bsky.social

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Woke up this morning wanting to swallow your own tongue? Here, then, I wrote this for you!

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialJun 1(source)

Just saw The Christophers tonight and I loved it--Soderbergh working in the service of an exceptionally sharp, witty, original, adult screenplay by Ed Solomon and performances by Ian McKellen (spectacular!) and Michaela Coel that, like the script, deserve to be remembered at year's end. Do not miss.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialJun 1(source)

And fucking lazy.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 31(source)

Sincere question for you: Do you have any faith at all that this will be the last set of "Uh-oh" headlines about this guy between now and November?

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 31(source)

I'd hate to see your definition of "a lot." To me, a Totenkopf tattoo, a sexting scandal, and a basement-dweller's Reddit history qualifies. The people who are pissed off about this want the same win you do. They're also sick of "authenticity" being used to justify inadequacy. He was a bad call.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 31(source)

SOME?

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 31(source)

If anyone would like to interview me about the awards I haven't won, I wish to announce that I am available.

flyingrodent

@flyingrodent.bsky.social

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Huge amount of daily newspaper output for years now has been “I relentlessly behave like an abysmal arsehole about absolutely everything, and nobody pats me on the head and says Well Done”. Or, alternatively, “I was acting like an aggro dickhead and people told me to fuck off, it’s totalitarian”

The Telegraph 2 @Telegraph. 3m
Lionel Shriver, the conservative author, said she had been shut out of literary prizes because she was not part of "woke world".
"I don't think my more recent books are of lesser quality... Frankly, I can live with it."

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 31(source)

It's great.

Michael H. Weber

@mhweber.bsky.social

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nobody does it better than @taffyakner.bsky.social

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 31(source)

Glumly realizing that I would actually like Trump to continue to be alive until the midterms, just to avoid the utter avalanche of "in fairness" and "Clean slate" and "He's slowly proving to be his own man" and "Fresh start" and "Benefit of the doubt" with which the media would lube his successor.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 30(source)

I believe that a lot of them are hardcore pragmatists, which at this point...fine. But a large percentage of would-be Democratic kingmakers love "authenticity" when it comes to straight white dudes with no impulse control, and in anyone else, frown that they're not "meeting people where they are."

Zoomer Antimillenarian

@surcomplicated.bsky.social

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Believe Platner supporters when they tell you who they are.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 30(source)

Don’t worry, this will definitely be the last piece of unwelcome news about him. No more problems for sure!

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 30(source)

Peak 1992 style and hotness! I love every second.

Ash Preston

@theashpreston.bsky.social

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You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 30(source)

Actually, telling me with zero knowledge how I have been blinded by hatred is the definition of bad faith. Let's stop now because I don't have time to give you a crash course in a subject I have covered for forty years, and if I see the word bro again I cannot be held responsible for what follows.☮️

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.socialMay 30(source)

Not really in need of a history lesson on this, or of bad-faith replies about my tastes, thanks. If I didn't think something was interesting, I wouldn't be posting.

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Sponsored Bills(17)

H.R. 9611 (119th)
Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act
H.R. 9610 (119th)
Less Bureaucracy, Better K–12 Education Act
H.R. 9580 (119th)
To repeal the 90/10 rule as it pertains to proprietary schools under title IV of the Higher …
H.R. 8374 (119th)
To strike references to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in Federal law, and for …
H.R. 6715 (119th)
Child Predators Accountability Act

Cosponsored Bills(75)

H. Res. 1410 (119th)
Congratulating the Carolina Hurricanes on winning the 2026 Stanley Cup Championship, the tea…
Joined: 2026-06-30
H.R. 9254 (119th)
To specify that the Southern Poverty Law Center shall not be treated as described in section…
Joined: 2026-06-10
H.R. 9132 (119th)
To prohibit foreign nationals from entering into or enforcing surrogacy contracts in the Uni…
Joined: 2026-06-03
H.R. 9131 (119th)
To prohibit surrogacy agencies from facilitating surrogacy contracts with sex offenders, and…
Joined: 2026-06-03
H. Res. 1338 (119th)
Supporting the designation of June as Family Month.
Joined: 2026-06-03

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Voting History

593 total votes

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Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2025-04-09	H. Res. 313 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-08	H. Res. 294 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-08	H. Res. 294 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-07	H.R. 1039 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-07	H.R. 586 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-01	H.R. 1491 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-04-01	H. Res. 282 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Failed
2025-04-01	H. Res. 282 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-31	H.R. 997 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-31	H.R. 517 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.R. 1048 (119th)	Approve amendment	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-27	H.J. Res. 75 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-27	H.J. Res. 24 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H. Res. 242 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H. Res. 242 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-25	H.R. 1534 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2025-03-24	H.R. 1326 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2025-03-24	H.R. 359 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.J. Res. 25 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1968 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1968 (119th)	Send back to committee	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-11	H.R. 1156 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H. Res. 211 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-11	H. Res. 211 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-10	H.R. 993 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-10	H.R. 901 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-10	H.R. 495 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-06	H. Res. 189 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-06	S.J. Res. 11 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-05	H. Res. 189 (119th)	Kill the motion	NO	NO	✓	Failed
2025-03-05	H.J. Res. 42 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-05	H.J. Res. 61 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-04	H. Res. 177 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-04	H. Res. 177 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-04	H.R. 758 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-03-03	H.R. 856 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-27	H.J. Res. 20 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.J. Res. 35 (119th)	Final passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.R. 695 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H. Con. Res. 14 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.R. 804 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-26	H.R. 788 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H. Res. 161 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H. Res. 161 (119th)	End debate now	YES	YES	✓	Passed
2025-02-25	H.R. 818 (119th)	Fast-track passage	NO	YES	✕	Passed
2025-02-25	H.R. 832 (119th)	Fast-track passage	YES	YES	✓	Passed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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