I am very pleased that Senate Republicans joined with the Senate Democratic Caucus this week to pass a major piece of our legislative agenda. SB 52, sponsored by Senator Lowell Barron, will end the abuse that we have seen of the awarding of no-bid contracts. During Governor Riley’s seven years in office, he has awarded [...]
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   Sen. Steve French, Sen. Zeb Little, Rep. Ken Guin, and Rep. Cam Ward will be blogging here during the 2010 Legislative Session.  Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on February 5th, 2010, at 9:09 pm Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on February 4th, 2010, at 7:59 amI often hear a lot of talk about the bubble of Montgomery. From time to time I am reminded about this and it could never be more glaring than the current debate regarding gambling. As the news media and political ads have taken to the air debating Governor Riley’s raid on Victory Land and Country [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 27th, 2010, at 4:23 pmDuring each my last eight years in the House I have a routine where I like to move all of my bills early in the session. My reasoning for this is that somewhere around midway through the session the process gets snagged on some issue like gambling, sales tax on groceries or some proposed tax [...] Posted by Sen. Steve French, on January 27th, 2010, at 4:17 pmThursday, the Senate will begin its 4th day of debate on a road construction bill that proposes to spend $100 million a year for 10 years in addition to the regular road program and any federal stimulus plans. The billion dollars for this extra road program would come from the state’s savings account which is [...] Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on January 25th, 2010, at 7:52 amOne of the differences between the Alabama Senate and House are in the Rules regarding debate and the ending of debate. The Senate is regarded as a more deliberative body and allows unlimited debate. Senate Rule 39 provides: ”No member shall speak more than twice on any question under debate and none shall, without leave [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 24th, 2010, at 2:22 pmLast week the legislature saw a lot of legislation surrounding the issues of ethics and transportation. This week we move on to another hot button topic for Alabama citizens- guns. State Representative Jeremy Oden has sponsored for the second year in a row legislation to allow for short barreled guns to be owned in [...] Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on January 22nd, 2010, at 4:36 pmI had my third Town Hall meeting last night in my district over the last eight days. Roads, jobs and schools dominated the discussion. I heard complaint after complaint about the terrible conditions of State and County roads in the Town of Colony. I also heard from many who had either lost their [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 22nd, 2010, at 1:54 pmThe House finished our second week of work with a couple of notable pieces of legislation passing. Rep. Jeff McLaughlin passed his bill to pass PAC to PAC transfers. Jeff has passed this bill out of the House every year I have served there and it always gets re-worked once it goes to the [...] Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on January 21st, 2010, at 1:45 pmThe Senate has adjourned on the 3rd legislative day after listening all morning to Republican Senators filibuster our Highway Jobs Bill. Shortly before the Senate adjourned, I asked the Republican Senator who was filibustering if they had an alternate plan. He confirmed that the only other proposal they had was one to borrow the money [...] Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on January 21st, 2010, at 11:16 amAt this very moment, Republican Senators are fulfilling a pledge that they made on Tuesday to filibuster today to block passage of the Senate Democratic Caucus plan to create jobs and improve our roads and bridges. Senate Bill 121 will invest $1 billion dollars in road and bridge construction and create approximately 30,000 new jobs [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 20th, 2010, at 6:35 amThe House had a typically productive day yesterday. I say typically because this early in the session is primarily devoted to legislation that has previously passed the chamber. Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 18th, 2010, at 2:44 pmThe second of legislative sessions tend be some of the more boring. Everyone is glad to see each other again on the first week of the session and by week two that fun has worn off. Since only resolutions can be passed in the first week it makes for a somewhat more ceremonial [...] Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on January 15th, 2010, at 9:52 pmThe Democratic Caucus began this session right where it left off last session–working hard for Alabama families. Last year, the Senate Democratic Caucus had great success in passing our agenda. We passed a $50 million dollar tax cut, doubled the size of our nationally recognized Pre-Kindergarten program, increased the Children’s Health Insurance program (”CHIPS”) by [...] Posted by Sen. Steve French, on January 15th, 2010, at 3:17 pmIn a largely partisan vote, democrat legislators in the Senate and then in the House quickly proved their loyalty to AEA (and to their large PAC) by nullifying the State Board of Education’s (SBOE) attempt to pass a “teacher Code of Ethics”. The SBOE this summer asked the Legislative Council to approve a rule change [...] Posted by Rep. Ken Guin, on January 13th, 2010, at 11:30 amThank you for the opportunity to blog during the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature. I enjoyed the experience last year. It was my first time to blog. Each year the House and Senate alternate giving the Democratic response to the Governor’s message. The following my response on Alabama Public Television to the Governor Riley’s State [...] |
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