RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Senate and House Republicans will host a press conference Thursday, March 19, 2009, in the legislative press conference room at 9:30 a.m.

Thursday’s press conference will include remarks from Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) and House Republican Leader Paul Stam (R-Wake) regarding the Governor’s budget proposal.

A month from now, the nation will say farewell to its sports-obsessed president who doesn’t like tough questions. And it will replace him with, well, another sports-obsessed president who doesn’t like tough questions.