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Trump’s State of the Union Address is Tuesday night

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter President Donald Trump will address a special joint session of Congress tonight.  The speech will be carried by all cable news networks as well as the four major broadcast TV networks and news talk radio stations across the country. “President Trump will address a joint session of Congress tomorrow … Continued
January 30, 2018

Palmer says that destruction of evidence is becoming the norm

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, Congressman Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, released a statement after it was reported that the FBI text messages exchanged between agents critical of President Donald Trump had been destroyed and might be un-retrievable. “The revelation that thousands of text messages exchanged between FBI agents critical of President Trump is reminiscent … Continued
January 26, 2018

What will Trump decide about proposed super merger of Bayer and Monsanto?

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The President of the United States is the most powerful position in the world and that is doubly true when we are talking about approving the mergers of mega corporations.  Monopolies including Standard Oil, the Northern Securities Company, IBM, and AT&T have all been broken up by federal regulators. … Continued
January 25, 2018

Doug Jones says working with bipartisan colleagues to protect CHIP was in best interest of Alabama families 

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, January 23, 2018, U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Ala., spoke with Sirius XM host Joe Madison for an interview to discuss his role in ending the government shutdown and voting to protect children’s health insurance for 150,000 low-income Alabama families. While most Senate Democrats voted to shutdown the government … Continued
January 24, 2018

Senate Democrats end shutdown, agree to President Trump’s terms

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The government shutdown ended Monday — at least until Feb. 8. Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with Republicans Monday and agreed to the deal that President Donald Trump had offered on Friday. Democrats agreed to fund the government through Feb. 8 and to fund the Children’s Health Insurance … Continued
January 23, 2018

Alabamians join March For Life held in Washington

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Hundreds of thousands of Pro-Life advocates marched on Washington January 19 pleading with the country to protect the lives of the pre-born.  President Donald Trump addressed the Pro-Life marchers. On Saturday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey released a statement supporting the March. “As a teenager, I accepted Jesus Christ as … Continued
January 23, 2018

State sets new employment record in December

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that 2,093,063 people were counted as employed in December, the most ever recorded. This number is up from November’s count of 2,087,509, and up substantially from December 2016’s count of 2,047,753. Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted December unemployment rate is 3.5 percent, maintaining last … Continued
January 22, 2018

Byrne asks that his pay be withheld during government shutdown

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, sent a letter to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives requesting that his Congressional pay be withheld until the government shutdown concludes. Under current law, pay for Members of Congress is not tied to a government shutdown.  The congressional staff, members of … Continued
January 22, 2018

Alabama leaders react to government shutdown

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a continuing resolution funding the federal government moving forward. While both parties agree that the government should continue to be funded, the two parties are divided on the issue of immigration. Democrats want the children brought by their parents who crossed … Continued
January 21, 2018

US Rep. Bradley Byrne says that Democrats are holding military hostage over immigration

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Alabama, delivered a speech Thursday from the floor of the House of Representatives urging Congressional Democrats to stop holding military funding hostage to advance their immigration agenda. The federal government could go into a partial shutdown unless both Houses pass a continuing resolution to raise … Continued
January 19, 2018