Katie Britt and the unreality of Alabama immigration rhetoric • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Imagine if Alabama politicians started treating geothermal energy as a crisis. And not just criticizing particular practices or businesses. We’re talking about a heat pump apocalypse. Introducing legislation to criminalize steam. Storming library board meetings and demanding the removal of any book with the phrase “hot springs.” Using Hot Springs, Arkansas as a snickering shorthand […]
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McConnell to step down as U.S. Senate GOP leader • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November, he said on the Senate floor Wednesday, announcing the end of a run as party leader that broke records for its length and shaped American politics over nearly two decades. “One of life’s most underappreciated talents is […]
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U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — U.S. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents could […]
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U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama to deliver GOP response to State of the Union • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama will deliver the Republican rebuttal following President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to Congress on March 7. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana said Thursday that Britt will share her story as a mother and as the first woman elected to serve Alabama in the […]
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GOP Senator Blocks Bill Protecting Access To IVF In Wake Of Alabama Ruling | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON ― Democratic legislation seeking to protect access to in vitro fertilization across the country was blocked in the Senate on Wednesday by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.). Hyde-Smith dismissed the bill as “a vast overreach” and objected to a unanimous consent request from Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.). The Republican senator claimed the bill would legalize […]
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McConnell to step down as U.S. Senate GOP leader
This story was updated at 2:42 p.m., 2/28/24 WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November, he said on the Senate floor Wednesday, announcing the end of a run as party leader that broke records for its length and shaped American politics over nearly two […]
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U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — U.S. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama state Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents could collect […]
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Tuberville blockade finally ends with confirmations of top military leaders | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday night approved the remainder of the military nominations that Sen. Tommy Tuberville had continued to block, even after the Alabama Republican lifted his monthslong freeze of hundreds of armed services promotions in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on the floor asked for unanimous […]
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GOP senators confront Tuberville over his blockade on military promotions | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Republican senators are holding a meeting to confront Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville about his blockade of almost 400 military nominations, an effort to find a path forward as the senator has dug in on his protest of a Pentagon abortion policy. The unusual meeting called by GOP senators to challenge one of their own comes […]
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Friendship with Alabama U.S. Senator part of John Fetterman’s life after depression treatment | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Before Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman checked himself in to a hospital for clinical depression in February, he used to walk the halls of the Senate stone-faced and dressed in formal suits. These days, he’s back to wearing the hoodies and gym shorts he was known for before he became a senator. People close to Fetterman […]
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