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Roby’s Move to Appropriations Committee Popular with Alabama Constituents

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, Representative Martha Roby’s (R) from Montgomery office released quotes from officials and residents from across Alabama’s Second Congressional District reacting to the conservative congresswoman’s move to the Appropriations Committee, which is charged with overseeing federal spending. Mayor Todd Strange of Montgomery said, “I was delighted to hear … Continued
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December 9, 2013

Sessions: Obama’s Policies are Responsible for Income Disparity and Falling Wages

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions issued a statement in response to President Barack Obama’s speech on the deteriorating conditions facing working Americans. Sessions pointed out that the President has been meeting with a small group of CEOs to craft an immigration plan that would displace U.S. workers. Senator Sessions said, … Continued
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December 9, 2013

Sessions: Obama’s Policies Responsible for Income Disparity and Falling Wages

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions issued a statement in response to President Barack Obama’s speech on the deteriorating conditions facing working Americans. Sessions pointed out that the President has been meeting with a small group of CEOs to craft an immigration plan that would displace U.S. workers. 

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December 5, 2013

Blue Cross Blue Shield Rejects President’s Proposal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield announced in a statement that it will not continue non-Affordable Care Act compliant policies for another year as recently proposed by President Barack Hussein Obama. Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Koko Mackin said, “A one-year continuation of policies that violates the ACA’s … Continued
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November 21, 2013

Houses Passes Keep Your Health Plan Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The bill would allow Americans who want to keep their non-Affordable Care Act insurance to keep their plans. Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from Saks joined the other four Republicans in … Continued
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November 19, 2013

Obama Lets People Keep Their Insurance Twelve More Months: Bentley Says ACA is Unworkable

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter As millions of Americans are losing their healthcare insurance, President Barack Hussein Obama (D) announced that Americans who like their insurance can keep their insurance for another 12 months. The President announced at a news conference on Thursday that he would allow insurance companies to continue to offer insurance … Continued
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November 15, 2013

Rogers Says that Obamacare is Still a Mess

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from Saks voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Rogers and the other Republican members of Congress were critical of President Barack Obama’s controversial healthcare reform proposal and at this point the unpopular legislation appears to have failed to meet anybody’s expectations. Rep. … Continued
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November 14, 2013

Republican State Officeholders Continue Fund Raising Efforts

By Brandon Moseley and Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter Less than four years ago, Alabama Democrats held the positions of: Lieutenant Governor, Commissioner of Alabama Agriculture and Industries, the President of the Public Service Commission, Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, three of the State’s seven Congressional seats, and majorities in both Houses of … Continued
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November 8, 2013

Humphryes Challenges Boman

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Democrats are attempting to break the Republican Super Majority in both the Alabama House and Senate, but for any effort to hope to succeed they will need to hold on to their incumbents’ seats. On Thursday, that got more difficult when former State Representative Bobby Humphryes (R) announced … Continued
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November 8, 2013

Stan Cooke Addresses St. Clair County Republicans

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, candidate for Lieutenant Governor Stan Cooke (R) spoke to the St. Clair County Republican Party at the Moody City Hall. The Sumiton businessman, minister, and educator is running for the office currently held by Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey (R). Stan Cooke said, “It is a distinct honor … Continued
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October 29, 2013