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Trump wants larger direct payments in relief package

The president called on Congress to increase payments from $600 to $2,000. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she's on board.
December 23, 2020

Marsh says the governor “threw members of the legislature under the bus”

Both chambers of the Alabama Legislature voted to concur with Gov. Kay Ivey’s executive amendment to a bill appropriating $1.9 billion in federal CARES Act money sent by the federal government for coronavirus crisis needs. Both Houses passed the compromise, but Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, denounced the governor’s conduct in how the … Continued
May 19, 2020

Clouse urges governor not to veto budget

The Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday, passed the State General Fund (SGF) budget; but there is worry that Gov. Kay Ivey (R) may veto the budget, Senate Bill 157. State Representative Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, who chairs the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee and carried the budget on the House floor urged Gov. … Continued
May 9, 2020

Congress fails to override Trump national emergency veto

The Democratically controlled U.S. House of Representatives attempted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of their bill to reject the President’s declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border. Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, delivered a speech on the House floor encouraging Congress to sustain President Trump’s veto of H.J.Res. 46. Brooks said that building … Continued
March 27, 2019

House votes to revoke Trump’s national emergency declaration

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday that would prohibit President Donald Trump from declaring a national emergency at the Southern border. U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Alabama, voted against the resolution to override Trump’s national emergency declaration. “Democrats are trying every trick in the book to stop President Trump from securing our southern … Continued
February 27, 2019

Brooks introduces bill requiring timely pay for federal workers during a shutdown

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, on Tuesday introduced HR271, the No Work Without Pay Act, a bill that requires the federal government to timely pay all employees who work during a government shutdown. “During a federal government shutdown, federal employees are treated in two different ways. Roughly 380,000 federal workers are ‘furloughed’ (sent home without … Continued
January 9, 2019

House voted to allow governor to tap stabilization fund

The bill that allows local school systems to tap the Education Advancement and Technology Fund for improvements to school security passed the House on the last Legislative day. Senate Bill 323 was intended to allow local school systems to top the Education Advancement and Technology Fund for improvements in school security, but Alabama Gov. Kay … Continued
April 3, 2018

Democrat Mayor Walt Maddox sees what lawmakers and governor can’t

Politicos across the state are recognizing that the state’s Republican leadership is endangering their legacy by passing legislation to weaken current ethics statutes. Gubernatorial candidate Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox early this morning called on Gov. Kay Ivey to veto the hotly contentious House Bill 317, which carves out a certain class of economic professionals who … Continued
March 29, 2018

Democrats ask Ivey to stop Memorials Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday, April 28, 2017, Alabama House Democrats called on Governor Kay Ivey (R) to reject Senate Bill 60, which is sponsored by Senator Gerald Allen (R-Tuscaloosa). The Memorial Preservations Act is designed to protect Alabama’s cultural and historical heritage from the emotional whims of the mayors and city councils … Continued
May 1, 2017