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Sessions and Shelby Comment on Keystone XL Pipeline Bill

By Brandon Moseley labama Political Reporter On Thursday, January, 29 US Senators Richard Shelby (R) and Jeff Sessions (R) both issued written statements following Senate passage of legislation to approve construction of the long delayed Keystone XL pipeline.  Both Alabama Senators have long been proponents of the pipeline which would bring oil from newly developed … Continued
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January 30, 2015

Sewell And Brooks Vote For Keystone Pipeline

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, January 10, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (R-Selma) and Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) both voted for H.R. 3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, to approve the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Representative Sewell said in a written statement, “After much deliberation, I voted in favor of constructing the … Continued
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January 12, 2015

Senate Blocks Keystone Pipeline by One Vote

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday night, November 18, liberal Democrats in the United States Senate used the filibuster to block a bipartisan bill that would have allowed construction of the Keystone Pipeline XL which would bring crude oil from Canada to the United States for refining. U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R from … Continued
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November 19, 2014

Aderholt, Roby, and Bachus Vote to Build Keystone XL Pipeline

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter President Barack H. Obama has refused for years to permit America’s energy industries to easily access Canadian oil sands via the Keystone Pipeline. Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution (H.R. 3) that if passed by the Senate would authorize construction of the pipeline without a presidential … Continued
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May 23, 2013

Roby Votes For Passage of the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery issued a statement Thursday announcing that she had voted to support passage of the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, H.R. 4480.  The legislation is a bipartisan package of bills to encourage domestic energy production. Congresswoman Roby said on the floor of the … Continued
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June 22, 2012

RESTORE Amendment Passes Vote in the House

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter  Congressman Jo Bonner (R) from Mobile released a statement to the press announcing his support for the creation of a Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund. Rep. Bonner said that the amendment to the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act is the first step in the process of passing the full … Continued
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February 20, 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

Congressman Bonnor Issues Statement Supporting Audit of GCCF

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Rep. Jo Bonnor (R- Mobile) says that he welcomes the decision to appoint an independent audit of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF). The U.S. Justice Department has announced that the department has appointed an independent auditor to evaluate the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. Congressman Jo Bonnor announced that … Continued
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December 31, 2011