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Bentley Believes He is Winning

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 12, following an incredibly unproductive legislative Special Session, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) spoke to the influential Rotary Club in Birmingham at the Harbert Center on 4th Avenue North.  Gov. Bentley told them that he is making progress in convincing legislators to pass his tax increase proposals. Bentley … Continued
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August 13, 2015

U.S. Congressman Spencer Bachus Bids Farewell

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Congressman Spencer Bachus (R from Vestavia) made comments following what likely will be his last votes serving the people of Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District. Representative Bachus is finishing his 11th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Bachus said in a written statement, “As I prepare to … Continued
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December 15, 2014

House Passes Financial Bankruptcy Bill Co-Authored by Bachus

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter US Representative Spencer Bachus (R from Vestavia) was the Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, a vastly overvalued American housing sector began unraveling. Millions of shaky mortgages backed only by overvalued housing became unperforming. Trillions in mortgage backed securities were in portfolios all over the world. Lehman … Continued
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December 11, 2014

Reactions to Executive Amnesty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM—On November 4, the American people rejected President Barack H. Obama’s policies up and down the ballot. On November 20, Obama struck back and declared an unprecedented amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants as well as changes to America’s immigration laws to allow in more legal immigrants. Alabama Republican … Continued
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November 21, 2014

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

Bachus Praises Passage of Bipartisan Bankruptcy Reform Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, September 16, the House Judiciary Committee passed a bipartisan financial institutions bankruptcy reform bill that was introduced by Judiciary Chairman Robert Goodlatte (R from Virginia), U.S. Representative  Spencer Bachus (R from Vestavia) , and Ranking Member John Conyers (D from Michigan). The three veteran legislators introduced a … Continued
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September 18, 2014

House Passes VA Accountability Reform

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, July 30, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the conference report on the Veterans’ Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014.  The bipartisan reforms to the Veterans Administration (VA) were developed in response to numerous reports of mismanagement, inadequate care, and long … Continued
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July 31, 2014

Bachus Supports Resolution on International Adoptions

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Spencer Bachus (R) from Vestavia released a statement after the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation supporting American families who have run into barriers trying to adopt orphan children from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In September the Congolese government suspended international adoptions while hundreds of families … Continued
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July 17, 2014

Hospital Association and Realtors Endorse DeMarco

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter State Representative Paul DeMarco’s campaign got welcome news this week when both RPAC, the political arm of the National Association of REALTORS®, and the Alabama Hospital Association announced that they were endorsing Paul DeMarco’s candidacy in the Republican Primary Runoff to represent Alabama’s Sixth Congressional District in the United States … Continued
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June 27, 2014

Bachus Response to Obama’s Supreme Court Defeat on Recess Appointments

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, June 26 Congressman Spencer Bachus (R) from Vestavia said that Thursday’s Supreme Court unanimous ruling that recess appointments made by President Barack Hussein Obama (D) to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional is welcome news. Representative Bachus said, “A ruling that could help begin to curb … Continued
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June 27, 2014