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Shelby and Sessions Unimpressed By Senate Budget Resolution

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Until early morning Saturday it had been over four since since the Senate passed a budget. While both of Alabama’s Senators were critical of the Democrat controlled U.S. Senate’s disinterest in the budgeting process they were equally unimpressed by the budget that passed on Saturday. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby … Continued

March 27, 2013

Aderholt and Bonner Both Vote For PLAN Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressmen Robert Aderholt (R) from Haleyville and Jo Bonner both voted for H.R. 444, the Require a PLAN Act. The legislation would require that the White House show a clear path to a balanced budget. The conservative Congressman issued a written statement to explain his vote. Representative Aderholt said, … Continued

February 8, 2013

Sessions Gratified that Senate Will Prepare a Budget

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama issued a statement on Wednesday in response to the announcement that the Senate’s Democratic Majority had finally agreed to offer a budget, something that Sen. Sessions had been demanding for almost four years. Sen. Sessions said, “I am gratified that Chairman Murray … Continued

January 29, 2013

Rogers Wonders if Congress and the President Will Deal With Spending Problem

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R) from Saks said the question is whether President Barack H. Obama and the Congress will address run away federal spending or not. Representative Rogers said, “Congress faces three massive spending challenges in the coming months: the debt ceiling, the Sequester and funding to keep … Continued

January 28, 2013

House Lifts Debt Ceiling Until Spring

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 325, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013. Without raising the debt ceiling the federal government would have had to shut down many non-essential functions. The bill eliminated the debt ceiling until spring, but it also requires that … Continued

January 24, 2013

Brooks Voted NO on Raising Debt Ceiling

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The U.S. House voted today to lift the debt ceiling until May to avoid a debt crisis that would have dominated the month of February. U.S. Mo Brooks (R) from Huntsville refused to support the bill as written. Rep. Brooks said on Facebook, “This morning, I stated on the … Continued

January 24, 2013

Bonner Says That Obama is Opposed to Working with Conservatives on Debt Crisis

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Jo Bonner (R) from Mobile in his weekly column discussed the debt crisis and the difficulty that Republicans are having dealing with President Obama on the debt and hints that he might support a government shutdown over the approaching debt ceiling to attempt to force the President … Continued

January 15, 2013

Bonner Says President Obama Using Fiscal Cliff for a Raw Power Grab

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Jo Bonner (R) from Mobile said that “House Republicans support keeping the current tax rates in place to protect fragile small business job growth” Rep. Bonner said, “The president is really at odds with himself, not Capitol Hill. For a month now Americans have been told by … Continued

December 10, 2012

Sessions Says President’s Plan’ Would Increase Spending by Over $One Trillion and Would Increase the Debt by $9 Trillion

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama says that President Barack H. Obama’s proposed budget would increase federal spending every year and would increase both taxes and the national debt. Sen. Sessions said, “Secretary Geithner’s comments yesterday on FOX News Sunday affirm that the President’s campaign pledge—that he has … Continued

December 5, 2012

Sessions and Hatch Asks Treasury Department: What are the Plans for Debt Limit

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Senator Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama joined his Senate colleague, Orrin Hatch (R) from Utah in a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner. The two conservative Senators are asking the Treasury Department to provide detailed information about when the nation will reach its debt limit again and … Continued

October 16, 2012