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Mathis Campaigns Against Obamacare: Launches Website to Tell Alabama’s Stories About Obamacare

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Dr. Chad Mathis (R) from Indian Springs is running for Congress in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District, but he is also running strongly against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as Obamacare). Dr. Mathis announced that his new website: HandsOffOurHealthcare.com will allow citizens around the state … Continued
November 8, 2013

Rogers Co-Sponsors Keep Your Health Plan Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from Saks announced his support on Thursday for H.R. 3350, the Keep your Health Plan Act of 2013. The Keep your Health Plan Act would allow health care plans on the individual market to remain available so that people could have the option to keep … Continued
November 4, 2013

Dr. Ben Carson Will Be Keynote Speaker at Alabama Policy Institute Annual Banquet

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Policy Institute (APA) announced in a written statement that Dr. Benjamin Carson will speak to a crowd of hundreds of area leaders and concerned citizens about the need for small government and conservative values at the API Annual Dinner in Birmingham on Thursday, November 7th. Dr. Carson’s … Continued
October 31, 2013

Rogers Says that Obamacare is a Disaster

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from Saks said in a prepared statement that “Obamacare” (the federal takeover of the health insurance sector authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010) is a disaster. Representative Rogers said, “I have voted more times than I can count to get … Continued
October 31, 2013

Republicans Angry Over Revelation that Administration Knew Millions Would Lose Health Insurance

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter NBC News has revealed that when President Obama assured Americans that have health insurance they like they could keep their health insurance the administration knew (like everyone with any understanding of how insurance works knew) that that was untrue. Alabama Republicans were quick to join the chorus of conservative … Continued
October 30, 2013

Armistead Criticizes Marriage Penalties in Obamacare

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Republicans have been criticizing President Obama’s omnibus effort to reform the American healthcare system since the early months of the 2008 election. Republicans have accused “Obamacare” of: being responsible for raising insurance rates, trampling on religious liberty, being too costly, trampling on individual liberty, raising taxes, trampling on the … Continued
October 29, 2013

Roby Blasts Shutdown As a Bad Strategy that She Knew Would Never Work

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery said in a written statement, she could not support a Senate-concocted deal that increases the nation’s debt limit by half a trillion dollars with no reforms to spending. Rep. Roby said that the whole shutting the government strategy was ineffective and only weakened … Continued
October 18, 2013

Conservatives Respond to Debt Deal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter For weeks, conservatives have been hopeful that a Republican controlled Congress could wrest concessions from the Obama administration such as: the de-funding of Obamacare, entitlement reform, a path to a balanced budget, a cut in the deficit, or at the very least a one year delay in the individual … Continued
October 18, 2013

Foundation for Moral Law Challenges the Affordable Care Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Conservatives had placed a lot of hope in a 2012 lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care of 2010 (better known as Obamacare). Over 25 states including Alabama, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, and several individuals and groups challenged the constitutionality of the individual mandate that ordered … Continued
October 14, 2013

Roby Says She Never Wanted A Government Shutdown

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery said that she never wanted a government shutdown and expressed hope that the passage of the Pay our Military Act shows that Congress can work together even during a government shutdown. In an email to constituents over the weekend, Representative Roby wrote, “As … Continued
October 9, 2013