Congressmen

Senate and congressional runoffs next week

Believe or not, coronavirus notwithstanding, we have three important GOP runoffs next Tuesday. You will go back to the polls to elect two Congressmen and a United States Senator. That is assuming that you go vote and are not afraid of germs. It will be interesting to see how the turnout is on July 14. … Continued

Steve Flowers

July 8, 2020

Opinion

Slush fund for congressmen included in coronavirus relief bill

Having served in the State House of Representatives, as opposed to the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., I usually limit my editorials to state politics rather than national politics. But I cannot stay silent about the most recent piece of legislation to come out of the national Congress. Most of what’s in that bill … Continued

Craig Ford

April 1, 2020

Byrne and Rogers oppose impeachment trial

Wednesday, Congressmen Mike Rogers, R-Saks, and Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives on their opposition to the two Articles of Impeachment against President Donald J. Trump (R). “Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats continue to be obsessed with trying to undo the 2016 election,” Rogers said. “Pelosi’s sham of a … Continued

Brandon Moseley

January 17, 2020

Opinion

The Political Graveyard is full of Congressmen who have tried to run for the Senate

The field is probably formulated for our 2020 Senate race. A Republican will be heavily favored to capture the seat currently held by our Democratic Senator, Doug Jones. Alabama is one of if not the most Republican states in the nation. It is quite an anomaly that a liberal Democrat has sat in that seat … Continued

Steve Flowers

September 25, 2019

Opinion

A look at Alabama’s 1940’s Congressional Delegation

Recently I came across a copy of an old congressional directory from 1942. It is always fun for me to read about this era in American political history. Franklin Delano Roosevelt had been first elected in 1932 in the depths of the Great Depression. He would go on to be reelected in 1936, 1940 and … Continued

Steve Flowers

January 9, 2019

Opinion

Inside the Statehouse: More analysis of GOP runoff

Currently, congressmen/women win reelection at a 98 percent rate. The communist politburo does not have that high of a reelection percentage. Maybe we have more in common with the Russians than Washington CNN reporters think. It is hard to get beat as an incumbent congressman. Martha Roby tried but even though she was the most vulnerable Republican incumbent … Continued

Steve Flowers

August 1, 2018

Opinion

Nice times are over in gun debate

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter This will not be nice. We’ve tried nice. I’ve tried nice. Nice doesn’t work. Neither does common sense or facts. I’ve tried all of those too. A bunch of us have. And still, 59 people were slaughtered, nearly 600 shot or otherwise severely injured by a man using weapons … Continued

Josh Moon

October 3, 2017

Opinion

Prison fellowship changes lives

By Sen. Cam Ward Life has its ups and downs. Sometimes only when we get outside of our own little bubble and experience something different can we truly appreciate all the challenges the world can offer. If we choose to hide our faces from uncomfortable subjects, it can lead to a much more narrow view … Continued

Cam Ward

February 13, 2017