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Bachus Praises Passage of Bipartisan Bankruptcy Reform Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, September 16, the House Judiciary Committee passed a bipartisan financial institutions bankruptcy reform bill that was introduced by Judiciary Chairman Robert Goodlatte (R from Virginia), U.S. Representative  Spencer Bachus (R from Vestavia) , and Ranking Member John Conyers (D from Michigan). The three veteran legislators introduced a … Continued
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September 18, 2014

Alabama Leaders Salute Constitution Day

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, September 17 marked the 227th anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution.  Several of Alabama’s elected leaders took time out from their busy days to comment on this key moment in American history. Congressman Mike Rogers (R from Saks) said in a prepared statement, “Today marks … Continued
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September 18, 2014

Roby Says Domestic Abuse Cannot Be Tolerated

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Martha Roby (Rt from Montgomery) spoke out on the issue of domestic violence on Tuesday, September 16. Roby said that tolerating abuse indirectly condones the crime and inhibits victims’ willingness to seek help. Rep. Roby said, “As a society, we cannot tolerate domestic violence. When abusers are … Continued
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September 17, 2014

Roby Announces House Votes To Block New EPA Power Grab

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, September 10, U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery announced in a written statement that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure attempting to prevent an EPA overreach that would potentially harm Alabama’s farmers and foresters by imposing unnecessary environmental regulations. Rep.  Martha Roby praised … Continued
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September 15, 2014

Republicans Pleased that President Put Forward an ISIS Strategy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Bradley Byrne (R) from Montrose issued a written statement following President Barack Obama’s prime-time address regarding a strategy for combating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). U.S. Representative Byrne said: “I was pleased that President Obama finally put forward a strategy to combat ISIS in the … Continued
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September 11, 2014

Byrne: No Time Is The Right Time For Executive Amnesty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, September 8, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R) from Montrose issued a written statement regarding President Barack H. Obama’s decision to “delay” his controversial executive action on immigration policy until after the midterm elections in November. Representative Byrne said: “There is no right time for the President to use … Continued
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September 11, 2014

Sessions Says that Senate Dems Are Colluding With White House On Executive Amnesty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, September 5, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama denounced Senate Democrats for colluding with the administration of President Barack Hussein Obama and it’s plan to offer Executive amnesty to millions of illegal aliens while opening up the immigrations process by executive fiat after the November elections. … Continued
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September 9, 2014

Roby Says U.S. Must Project Strength Amid International Strife

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Throughout our history, Americans have embraced the wonderful idea that they were living in a new age, where war and violence would never trouble us again, only to have the world’s reality come crashing down on that pleasant fantasy. Our second President, John Adams, built up the American armed … Continued
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September 8, 2014

Smith Apologizes for Comments Against Republicans

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The United States has been in an acknowledged war with Islamic-Fascist terrorists since September 11, 2001, and arguably, we were in this war long before that. But, we refused to acknowledge it, until it became impossible to ignore. Thousands of Americans died on 9-11 and thousands more have died … Continued
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September 4, 2014

Byrne Critical of Feds’ Red Snapper Policy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, August 28, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R) from Montrose issued a statement in response to findings by the Alabama Red Snapper Reporting program indicated that the Federal National Marine Fishery Service had “grossly overestimated” Red Snapper landings in Alabama. Representative Byrne said: “Is anyone really surprised that the … Continued
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September 1, 2014