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District 74 Special Election on Tuesday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, Republican voters in Alabama House District 74 are going to go to the polls to select the candidate that they want representing the district for the next 14 months. Charlotte Borden Meadows, Dimitri Polizos, and Heather Sellers are all running for House District 74 which was vacated … Continued
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October 7, 2013
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Roby Writes Letter to Obama About Defense Furloughs

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery wrote President Obama urging the President to enforce a law recently enacted to protect the jobs of key civilian military personnel during the government shutdown. On Thursday there were reports that hundreds of civilian workers in Troy at Alabama’s Sikorsky helicopter facility could … Continued
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October 7, 2013

Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice to Hold Rally Saturday Urging House to Pass Immigration Reform

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ACIJ) will hold a march in Birmingham to show their support for passage of comprehensive immigration reform. ACIJ Steering Committee Chair Rev. Angie Wright said in a written statement, “We are encouraged by the introduction of this bill in the House and … Continued
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October 4, 2013
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Roby Calling on Reid and Obama to Negotiate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reprter We are entering day four of a partial government shutdown that has closed parks, furloughed thousands of non-essential federal workers, indefinitely postponed small business administration loans, and delayed or imperiled numerous other government functions and both sides appear to be digging in. Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery went … Continued
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October 4, 2013

Roby Baffled by Obama’s Refusal to Support Partial Government Funding Package

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would provid funding for important government operations, keeping national parks and museums open, and fund cancer research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), lessening the affects of the federal government shutdown. President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry … Continued
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October 3, 2013

Sewell Blames GOP for Government Shutdown

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The federal government went into partial shutdown at midnight when the Democratic controlled U.S. Senate refused a compromise Continuing Resolution which would have kept the government funded but delayed implementation of the unpopular Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (popularly referred to as Obamacare). Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D) released … Continued
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October 1, 2013

Sessions Accuses Reid and Democrats of Ideological Inflexibility as Federal Govt Goes Into Shutdown

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act opening election period begins across the country just as the government that is promising to subsidize the healthcare insurance is shutting down many services because the government can’t pay for existing spending without borrowing hundreds of $$billions from future generations … Continued
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October 1, 2013