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Alabama Delegation Dealing with Sequester Issue

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter During the Presidential debates, Republican challenger Mitt Romney warned of the looming sequestration cuts that would hit unless Congress and the President were able to come to terms on deficit reduction. President Barack H. Obama dismissively told the television audience that night that that would never happen. The people … Continued
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March 7, 2013

Roby and Aderholt Discuss Sequestration

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Automatic sequestration cuts have begun to go into effect on Friday. President Barack Obama has been authorized to make the cuts to the military and to non-defense spending. Obama has rejected budget proposals put forward by the Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from … Continued
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March 5, 2013

Roby Says President is Responsible for Sequestration Crisis

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday U.S. Representative Martha Roby said on Facebook that President Obama is the person that is responsible for the automatic sequester cuts that will go into effect on Friday if Congress and the President do not come to terms on some sort of compromise. Congresswoman Martha Roby (R) … Continued
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February 26, 2013

Roby Says that there are Smarter Ways to Reduce Government Spending than Sequestration

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery called for avoiding looming sequestration cuts to America’s military budget.  Rep. Roby said that there is a “smarter way” to reduce government spending than by slashing the defense budget and threatening America’s national security. Congresswoman Roby said, “What I suspected about this … Continued
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February 12, 2013

Roby and Bishop Announce Re-formation of Congressional Peanut Caucus

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery announced that peanut-state lawmakers have teamed up to support peanut interests in agriculture legislation.  U.S. Representatives Roby and Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D) from Georgia announced the re-formation of the Congressional Peanut Caucus for the 113th Congress. Rep. Roby said, … Continued
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February 1, 2013

Roby Proposes Eliminating Wasteful Agricultural Spending

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery introduced a bill on Thursday which would save the taxpayers millions of dollars while increasing the amount of American fertile lands available for food production. The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) pays land owners not to farm their land.  Rep. Roby’s bill, the … Continued
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January 25, 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
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January 24, 2013

Rep. Roby Named Chairwoman of Subcommittee on Military Oversight and Investigations

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R) from Montgomery announced on Tuesday that she was appointed the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and investigations for the powerful House Armed Services Committee. Congresswoman Roby said “I’m grateful for the opportunity and responsibility to chair the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.  It … Continued
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January 23, 2013

Obama Sworn In as President for Second Term

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter President Barack H. Obama (D) was officially sworn in in the White House for his second term in office by Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Roberts on Sunday.  Vice-President Joe Biden (D) was also sworn in on Sunday for his second term.  Biden took the oath … Continued
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January 21, 2013