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EWTN Sues Obama Administration

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter  Alabama became ground zero in the conflict between Catholic Church institutions and the federal government when the Alabama based Eternal World Television Network (EWTN) filed suit in U.S. District Court in Birmingham on February 9th. EWTN released a statement explaining their decision today: ” “We had no other option but … Continued
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February 10, 2012

Catholic Bishops Denounces Obama’s Assault on Religious Liberty: Urges Congress to Pass the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter  Wielding new executive powers under the 2010 Healthcare Reform and Affordability Act (commonly known as Obamacare) to set health insurance plan minimum standards no U.S. President before has ever held, President Barack H. Obama has ordered that all health care plans must offer family planning services with no copayments and … Continued
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February 6, 2012

Newt Gingrich Is Exposing the Corrupt Media

Staff Report The Republican re-embrace of former Speaker Newt Gingrich says a lot about whom he sees as his opponent — and it isn’t just President Barack Obama. It’s the media. If not for major media’s embrace, Obama would still be sitting in the Senate, perhaps mulling another run for the presidency. A UCLA economist-political … Continued
January 26, 2012

Obama’s State of the Union speech to tout manufacturing

Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday evening will include a significant focus on manufacturing jobs, despite GOP criticism of his Jan. 18 decision to nix construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Obama revealed the planned focus on manufacturing at the tail end of an 83-minute meeting with … Continued
January 23, 2012

Sessions, Roby, and Bachus Respond to President’s Killing of Keystone Pipeline

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Martha Roby (R-Montgomery), and Congressman Spencer Bachus (R-Vestavia) all responded to President Obama’s decision to reject the permit to allow private oil companies from building the Keystone XL Pipeline which would have carried Canadian tar sands oil to American refineries in Illinois and Oklahoma where it … Continued
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January 19, 2012

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Holds First Field Hearing

By Grant Hallmark Alabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–On Thursday, the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham will host the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPD) first field hearing. This hearing will be primarily about one of the CFPD’s top priorities: Protecting consumers from predatory lenders. There has been an ongoing debate, both locally and nationally, about … Continued
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January 18, 2012

Rep. Roby Calls Failure of Congress to Reach a payroll tax Compromise “Ridiculous”

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporters United States Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery issued a press release condemning Democratic Leaders of the U.S. Senate for leaving town for Christmas rather than appointing Senate members to a Conference Committee to resolve the differences between the Senate bill and the House bill to extend unemployment benefits … Continued
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December 22, 2011

EPA Seeks to Seize More Power

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter President Barak Obama’s administration seeks to increase the power and authority of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) without seeking additional approval from Congress. In 2009, President Obama defined sustainability for the federal government in an executive order as the ability “to create and maintain conditions, under which … Continued
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December 21, 2011

Representative Bachus Touts Keystone Pipeline

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter United States Representative Spencer Bachus (R) is calling on President Barack Obama. to approve the construction of the Keystone Pipeline. Bachus says the pipeline will create 20,000 construction jobs without costing the taxpayers anything. Bachus released his comments to the American public and the people of the sixth district … Continued
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December 20, 2011