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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, Congressman Robert Aderholt (R) from Haleyville released  written statement after question U.S. Department of Agriculture officials about the department’s research budget.  Officials at the hearing include: the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics and Chief Scientist Dr. Catherine Wotecki, Administrator … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday night the Alabama House of Representatives approved a fiscal year 2014 Education budget that included a 2% across the board pay increase for Alabama Education employees.  This pay increase is the first that Alabama education employees have received since fiscal year 2008, before the Great Recession struck … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, President Barack H. Obama’s (D) administration finally presented their fiscal year 2014 budget.  Under Obama’s plan the federal government would continue to run deficits all the way past 2050, estate taxes would rise, new federal tobacco taxes would increase so that the federal government could implement national … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday Congressman Robert Aderholt (R) from Aderholt released a written statement after the Republican controlled United States House of Representatives passed the Ryan led 2014 budget resolution. Representative Aderholt said, “This week the House of Representatives is once again keeping its promise to get our nation’s fiscal house … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Until early morning Saturday it had been over four since since the Senate passed a budget.  While both of Alabama’s Senators were critical of the Democrat controlled U.S. Senate’s disinterest in the budgeting process they were equally unimpressed by the budget that passed on Saturday. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mo Brooks (R) from Huntsville issued a written statement on Thursday to announce his support and his vote for the Ryan Budget, the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolution.  The House budget was crafted by the House Republicans and House budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R) from Wisconsin. The Ryan … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama addressed the Senate Appropriations Committee and told the Committee that the federal government has a spending problem and entitlements are what is driving the debt crisis. Sen. Shelby said, “Today, we will hear from our witnesses on the impacts of … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama issued a statement on Wednesday in response to the announcement that the Senate’s Democratic Majority had finally agreed to offer a budget, something that Sen. Sessions had been demanding for almost four years. Sen. Sessions said, “I am gratified that Chairman Murray … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 325, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013.  Without raising the debt ceiling the federal government would have had to shut down many non-essential functions.   The bill eliminated the debt ceiling until spring, but it also requires that … Continued