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The 42-year-old Alabama Republican who gave the GOP response to Biden’s State of the Union | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sen. Katie Britt delivered the GOP’s official response to the 2023 State of the Union. Britt was expected to lean into the generational contrast she has with Joe Biden. At 42, Britt is viewed as a rising star in Republican politics. Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, the youngest Republican woman to ever be elected to the […]

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Biden says Republican party is ‘undermining’ the nation’s military | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Thursday accused the Republican party of “undermining the U.S. military” by allowing Republican U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville to block more than 300 U.S. military appointments over the Pentagon’s abortion policy. Tuberville, a social conservative from Alabama, began blocking confirmations to senior Pentagon posts in March to […]

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Biden’s pick for top US general warns on Republican blocking promotions | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s nominee to become the top U.S. general warned on Tuesday that a Republican senator’s blockade of military promotions could have a far-reaching impact across the U.S. armed forces, affecting troops and their families. “We will lose talent,” General Charles “CQ” Brown, the outgoing Air Force chief of […]

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Opinion: 2022 was the Year of the Woman in Alabama state government | News | #elections | #alabama

When I was Gov. Fob James’ appointments secretary in 1995, there was a woman who insisted we find qualified women and get them appointed to various positions in state government. It’s good to see that woman is practicing what she was preaching, because that woman was Kay Ivey, now soon-to-be the longest-serving governor of our […]

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Exclusive: Horse racing-U.S. Senator McConnell pushing for legislative fix to safety law | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Dec 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for a legislative fix to a law designed to make horse racing safer after an appeals court last month ruled it unconstitutional, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations told Reuters. The changes to the law, which would provide greater federal oversight […]

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