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Palmer Makes Term Limits Pledge

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM—On Tuesday, November 18, U.S. Term Limits (USTL), which calls itself the nation’s oldest and largest term limits advocacy group, announced today that at least 13 new signers of its congressional term limits amendment pledge have been elected to the 114th Congress. The group includes four new senators, eight … Continued
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November 20, 2014

Alabama Immigrants Urge Obama To Go Big With Amnesty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM—President Obama has told the Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives, that either they pass the Senate’s immigration bill increasing the flow of legal immigrants into the country and giving legal status to millions of illegal immigrants, or he will do it himself by Executive Action. The Alabama Coalition … Continued
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November 19, 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

Sessions Says We Can’t Allow Executive Amnesty to Happen

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM—U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) wrote in a statement to Politico, that not stopping President Obama from declaring a massive illegal alien amnesty would be a betrayal of the voters. Senator Sessions said, “We cannot surrender Congress’ most powerful Constitutional tool before a single newly elected Republican … Continued
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November 13, 2014

Mike Hubbard Re-Elected As Speaker

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM—Mike Hubbard will be the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives for another term. That is the decision of the House Republican Caucus, which holds a commanding lead in the Alabama House of Representatives. According to sources in the Thursday, November 6 meeting in Montgomery, the House GOP Caucus … Continued
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November 7, 2014

Sessions Vows that a Republican Congress will Defend Themselves and Nation Against Lawless President

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM—U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) declared that immigration was a losing issue for Democrats in the 2014 midterm election and vowed to fight an Executive Amnesty, which he declared was illegal. Senator Sessions told the Associated Press’s Stephen Dinan, “Republicans campaigned for the House and Senate against … Continued
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November 7, 2014

Alabama Voters Give Huge Mandate to GOP Senate Super Majority

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM—On Tuesday, November 4, 2014, four years of careful planning by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R from Anniston) and the Alabama Republican Party ended with a late night celebration as the GOP not only defended their Super Majority against fierce coordinated attacks by desperate Democratic Party challengers, … Continued
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November 6, 2014

Sessions: ‘Zero Confidence’ in Ebola Czar

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, October 17, U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) released a statement that was highly critical of the President’s selection of Ron Klain to be his Ebola czar. Senator Sessions said, “Ebola is a health crisis. Yet the President has appointed as his new Ebola czar a … Continued
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October 21, 2014

Sessions Responds Timing of Executive Amnesty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R from Alabama) released a written statement following an admission by a White House spokesman that the implementation of an executive amnesty has been pushed back several weeks because they hoped it would delay public outrage until after the election. Sen. Sessions said, “One is … Continued
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October 14, 2014