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Shelby Opposes Moving Gitmo Detainees to the United States

By Brandon Moseley Alabama political Reporter During a hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice’s fiscal year 2014 budget request, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R) from Alabama complained that language preventing the Obama administration from transferring terror suspects from their military prison at Guantanamo Bay to facilities in the United States had been removed and … Continued
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June 11, 2013

Education Legislation Coming Up This Week

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Time is running out on the 2013 legislative session and several bills affecting education employees are on the calendar for the closing days of this session. The Alabama Education Association (AEA) addressed some of these issues in the Monday’s ‘Alabama School Journal.’ The biggest of these is of course … Continued
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April 30, 2013

Medicaid Reform Bill Passes Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday the Alabama Senate passed Senate Bill 340, which is a comprehensive reform of the Alabama Medicaid program, by a margin of 27 to 3. Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R) from Capshaw said on Facebook, “A major victory in the Senate was the passage of Sen. Greg Reed’s Medicaid … Continued
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April 29, 2013

NRA Urges Alabama Senate to Pass Omnibus Gun Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The NRA sent out emails to its supporters urging them to call their State Senators to urge them to support the Omnibus firearms bill, Senate Bill 286. SB 286 passed in the Senate Judiciary Committee by a bipartisan 7 to 1 vote. According to the NRA the bipartisan omnibus … Continued
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March 29, 2013

Aderholt Says that Congress Must Cut Federal Spending

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday Congressman Robert Aderholt (R) from Aderholt released a written statement after the Republican controlled United States House of Representatives passed the Ryan led 2014 budget resolution. Representative Aderholt said, “This week the House of Representatives is once again keeping its promise to get our nation’s fiscal house … Continued
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March 27, 2013

Shelby and Sessions Unimpressed By Senate Budget Resolution

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Until early morning Saturday it had been over four since since the Senate passed a budget.  While both of Alabama’s Senators were critical of the Democrat controlled U.S. Senate’s disinterest in the budgeting process they were equally unimpressed by the budget that passed on Saturday. U.S. Senator Richard Shelby … Continued
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March 27, 2013

Marsh Blames Republicans for Quorum Debacle

By Susan Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–Tuesday, the Alabama Senate had a problem making a quorum. In the Senate, 19 senators are required to be present in order to meet the requirement of a quorum in order to have the roll called. A quorum is required by Senate rules to be present in order to … Continued
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March 20, 2013

Shelby Instrumental in Hagel Confirmation

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Constitution gives the President the power to appoint his own cabinet; but those appointments must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. President Barack H. Obama appointed former Senator Chuck Hagel (R) from Nebraska to be his next Secretary of Defense. Despite his being a Republican, Republicans were not … Continued
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February 27, 2013