State Representative Earl Hilliard, Jr. briefly addressed the crowd at the Over the Mountain Democrats candidate forum on August 21.
He discussed his accomplishments as a state legislator representing Alabama House District 60 and explained what his prioirities would be as a Congressman representing AL-07.
Rep. [...]
Did you see that Earl Hilliard Jr. picked up the endorsement of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC in his quest to succeed Artur Davis as the Congressman for AL-07? Dad’s ties from his own Congressional days surely didn’t hurt. The real value for Hilliard [...]
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones endorsed Congressman Artur Davis for Governor of Alabama today at a noon press conference in Mobile. Mayor Jones praised Davis’ leadership ability, experience, and positive vision for Alabama’s future as he issued his first ever endorsement in a statewide campaign.
“Artur [...]
Seriously? Roll Call has used information from 2009 financial disclosure forms to assemble this nifty table of the minimum value of assets and liabilities for all 435 Members of Congress.
Assets include stocks, bank accounts, rental properties and other income-producing holdings; liabilities are most frequently mortgages and other bank loans. [...]
Martha Bozeman is running in the Democratic primary for the AL-07 seat being vacated by Congressman Artur Davis.
She briefly addressed the Over The Mountain Democrats at their candidate forum held last August.
Left in Alabama will be covering this race more closely [...]
Congressman Parker Griffith took to the floor of Congress to call for an end to the estate tax, which “has plagued family farms and small businesses throughout our country for almost a hundred years.”
Click here to view the embedded video.It is nice to hear that the good doctor is [...]
I live in Prattville and I am, on very rare occassions, not all that troubled with calling Bobby Bright my Congressman.
In his defense, he voted to deny Presidents (former, sitting, and their families) the power to block release of public White House records. On the other hand, he's voted [...]
Two points here
1. Dylan has to slow it down when he's asking the question about ending the insurance anti-trust exemption. If people haven't been watching him they aren't gonna know what he's talking about. Joseph Cao totally missed it. [...]
The former Democratic Congressman was convicted back in August of 11 counts of bribery, racketeering and money laundering. He was acquitted on other charges of obstruction of justice and violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Today he was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison.
Jefferson, a Democrat, [...]
What happens when you get a lot of angry Democratic activists, ministers, and health care reform proponents into a room with Congressman Parker Griffith? I can just smell the BBQ smoke.....
Unfortunately, I couldn't attend the meeting that Congressman Parker Griffith held today with local NAACP members and health insurance [...]
Congressman Artur Davis (Democrat candidate for Governor) rejects the gas tax pledge (at least 80% of gas tax collected in Madison County stays here). The gas tax pledge is supported by the City of Huntsville, the City of Madison, and the Madison County Commission. The Huntsville Times article “Davis [...]
If you're in Huntsville or within a short drive, this is a must-visit event. This email just hit my inbox:
There is a meeting @ 10:30 AM this morning with Rep. Parker Griffith in the old Progressive Union Baptist church. The building faces Oakwood and is at the intersection with Brandon Town [...]Your Congressman needs to hear from you. Your Congressman disagrees with the affordable health care for America Act put forth by President Obama. Call, email, fax or write your Congressman and ask him what part of the affordable health care for America Act does he have [...]
After the PACT board's March 24 board meeting, Congressman Artur Davis rebuked the board for its poor performance and called for a special program audit:
I would also renew my call for a special audit that answers the hard questions of how Alabama families were left in this predicament.
In [...]
Come and let the members of Congress know that all the messages that came out in August at the town halls and' [...]
Fear mongering over health care reform is nothing new [...]
