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Doug Jones questions CFPB acting director on pay day lending

Thursday, U.S. Senator Doug Jones questioned the Acting Director of the controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Mick Mulvaney. Mulvaney is also the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Jones questioned Director Mulvaney about what he considered to be Mulvaney’s efforts to roll back consumer protections against payday lenders as well as … Continued
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April 13, 2018

Shelby speaks about FY19 Missile Defense Agency budget request

Last month the Congress passed a spending bill to keep the government funded through the end of the currenct fiscal year, which ends September 30. Wednesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee which is now chaired by Alabama’s own U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, has now begun working on the FY 2019 appropriations bills. On Wednesday, Chairman Shelby … Continued
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April 13, 2018

Richard Shelby expected to be confirmed as Senate Appropriations chairman today

Sources in Washington are telling the Alabama Political Reporter that they expect U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, will be confirmed as chairman of the powerful U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee later today following the Senate Republican Caucus lunch. The Appropriations Committee had been chaired by Senator Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi, but Cochran retired from the Senate effective … Continued
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April 10, 2018

Hightower promises to bring reform to Montgomery

State Sen. Bill Hightower, R-Mobile, said that he stands as the lone candidate for governor of Alabama ready to reform Montgomery for the people of Alabama. Highower is promoting his “Alabama First” agenda that he promises will put into action, if he is elected governor, by working to enact legislative term limits, reform Alabama’s tax … Continued
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April 6, 2018

Walt Maddox: Legislature failed to do their jobs this session

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Walt Maddox released a statement critical of the Republican supermajority following the end of the 2018 legislative session. “Yesterday, the majority of Alabamians went to work with the full expectation of doing their jobs,” Maddox said. “The same cannot be said about the super-majorities in the legislature which again ended another session failing to … Continued
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April 2, 2018

Senate does not pass ETF after tensions with House

The Alabama Senate did not pass the Education Trust Fund and adjourn for the year on Wednesday after tensions between the House and Senate reached a boiling point. After surviving filibusters and delay tactics over the economic developer bill and the deer baiting bill, the Senate began to take up House bills that needed to … Continued
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March 29, 2018