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Moran Stages Another Attempted Democratic Caper on House Floor
By Billy House and Kelsey Snell | National Journal | January 10, 2012
As House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and a group of other House members continued their trip through Latin America, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., took to the House floor on Tuesday in the second Democratic effort since Friday to embarrass House Republicans for not being in Washington working on the extension of the payroll-tax holiday and unemployment insurance.
Deadline draws near for 2012 qualifying
By Huck Treadwell | Sand Mountain Reporter | January 9, 2012
Any candidate planning on qualifying for 2012 elections has less than a week to get paperwork filed.
DeKalb County Probate Judge Ronnie Osborn said the qualifying deadline is Friday at 5 p.m. for the DeKalb County Primary Election. The primary will be March 13, with an April 24 runoff, if necessary. The General Election will be Nov. 6.
ACLJ: Nearly 30% of U.S. House & 100,000 Americans Urge Supreme Court to Reject ObamaCare
PR Newswire | January 8, 2012
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- On behalf of nearly 120 members of Congress and more than 100,000 Americans, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to conclude that a key provision of ObamaCare - the individual mandate - cannot be severed from the health care law and urged the high court to declare the entire law unconstitutional.
Former Boaz educator running for Congress
Huck Treadwell | Sand Mountain Reporter | January 6, 2012
FORT PAYNE - Rhonda Gore Dennis is hard at work raising funds to launch a campaign for a run at Ala bama's District 4 seat in Congress.
The Rainsville resident plans to run on the Democratic ticket against Republican incumbent Rep. Robert Aderholt. Dennis has until Jan. 13 to raise $3,000 to qualify for the 2012 elections.
Dekalb woman runs for Congress
By Huck Treadwell | Times-Journal | January 4, 2012
Rhonda Gore Dennis is hard at work raising funds to launch a campaign for a run at Alabama's District 4 seat in Congress.
The Rainsville resident plans to run on the Democratic ticket against Republican incumbent Rep. Robert Aderholt. Dennis has until Jan. 13 to raise $3,000 to qualify for the 2012 elections.