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By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery was in the witness chair Thursday testifying to the House Committee on the Budget about her legislation, the Honest Budget Act. Congresswoman Roby told the Committee, “I want to express briefly my concern regarding the practice of using budget gimmicks to distort the … Continued

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter  Congressman Mo Brooks (R) from Huntsville is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education. The Subcommittee met Tuesday to examine the Obama Administration’s proposed fiscal year 2013 budget request for the National Science Foundation (NSF). During the subcommittee hearing Chairman Brooks said, “It (President Obama’s overall budget proposal) … Continued

Staff Report Ivey on Wednesday told the Kiwanis Club of Gadsden there is dire financial stress in both of Alabama’s budgets, but particularly in the General Fund. Bentley this month told a Birmingham civic group that he wants legislators to pass a constitutional amendment asking voters to combine the now separate Education Trust Fund and … Continued

Staff Report Congressional negotiators signed off Thursday evening on a $1 trillion spending agreement for 2012 for federal agencies, barely 27 hours before a deadline that could have led to a government shutdown. After dropping minor policy prescriptions that President Obama opposed, members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees gave final approval to the … Continued