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This holiday season, NDAA shaping up as end-of-year ‘Christmas tree’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Despite an action-packed year on Capitol Hill, lawmakers return this week to a long to-do list that includes issues ranging from military aid for allies to surveillance programs to the massive Pentagon policy bill — and much more. House members have spent much of 2023 in a prolonged battle over federal spending, but the three-week […]

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Republicans hope the chaos of recent weeks will become a distant memory in next year’s elections | #elections | #alabama

“Embarrassing,” “chaotic” and “irresponsible.” And those were just the words that House Republicans used to describe the past three weeks as they removed one speaker from office and splintered over three successive nominees before finally landing on Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.Now they hope voters won’t hold the GOP’s infighting against them as they seek to […]

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Republicans hope the chaos of recent weeks will become a distant memory in next year’s elections | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama

Which states could get new congressional maps in 2024? | #elections | #alabama

An updating tracker of developments in midcycle redistricting. Last Updated: October 3, 2023, 11:58 AM ET LinkShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article Developments in mid-cycle Redistricting After the 2020 census, each state redrew its congressional district lines (if it had more than one seat) and its state legislative districts. 538 closely tracked how redistricting […]

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Which states could get new congressional maps in 2024? | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama is furthest along in terms of having a new congressional map for 2024. Back in 2021, the Republican-controlled legislature drew Alabama a congressional map that had six majority-white seats and one majority-Black seat — despite it being possible to draw a map with two majority-Black districts. Voting-rights advocates sued, and in January 2022, a […]

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Alabama Republicans resist U.S. Supreme Court order to draw second Black-majority congressional district | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Friday proposed a new congressional map that would include a single majority-Black district in the state, a plan that could defy a Supreme Court order to give minority voters a greater voice in elections. Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated Senate passed the plan 24-6, with the House speeding toward […]

Arkansas

Arkansas House panel advances school gendered bathroom bill

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Transgender people at Arkansas public schools would not be able to use the restrooms matching their gender identity under a bill advanced by a state House committee on Tuesday. The House Education Committee endorsed the legislation, which would apply to multi-person restrooms and locker rooms at public schools and charter schools […]

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Alabama Farmers Fed Joins WOTUS Worries and More Skilled Work in Rural America | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama Farmers Fed Joins WOTUS Worries and More Skilled Work in Rural America From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update. **A clear, concise definition of navigable waters is set to be replaced with more confusing terminology, released in an EPA ruling December 30. Alabama Farmers Federation has joined ag organizations […]

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Texas Republican on possible Mayorkas impeachment vote: ‘I will see where the hearings take us’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) was noncommittal on how he plans to vote in possible impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying on Sunday that he will “see where the hearings take us.” “If the hearings take us down that line [of voting for his impeachment], then hearings take us down […]

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Alabama legislature returns to elect the Speaker of the House and other leaders | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – A new year means a new legislative session in Alabama and it starts with an organizational meeting at the state house on Tuesday. Lawmakers will approve new rules, appoint members to the committees and elect new leaders, like a new house speaker. Former Huntsville-area State Rep. Mac McCutcheon served as the […]