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Debt ceiling debate causes freshman to play activist role
By Marin Cogan | Politico | July 20, 2011
It was a study in contrasts: While Washington was abuzz Tuesday with news that the seemingly moribund Senate Gang of Six might be riding to the rescue with a bipartisan breakthrough on the debt limit, more than a dozen House Republican freshmen took an activist-style bus run down Pennsylvania Avenue to make demands on the president to show them his deficit-reduction plan.
Marshall County delegation addresses immigration, jobs, abortion
By Malarie Haven | Sand Mountain, The Reporter | July 20, 2011
Marshall County legislators addressed several issues and concerns stemming from the 2011 legislative session at a legislative breakfast on Tuesday morning.
The breakfast took place in the cafeteria at Snead State Community College and was sponsored by the college and the Boaz Area Chamber of Commerce.
Illegal immigration
United front by Birmingham, Jefferson County should pay off in post-tornado federal aid, officials say
By Barnett Wright| The Birmingham News | July 18, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Mayor William Bell and Jefferson County Commissioners Sandra Little Brown and Joe Knight said today that their unified trip to Washington, D.C., to discuss long term planning and tornado recovery efforts in Alabama sent a strong message to members of Congress.
Republican Leaders Embrace 'Cut, Cap, and Balance' plan; vote set for next week
By Molly K. Hooper and Russell Berman | The Hill | July 15, 2011
House Republican leaders have thrown their support behind the "Cut, Cap and Balance" plan that conservatives are demanding in return for an increase in the federal debt ceiling.
Worried and waiting on the Hill
By John Stanten | Roll Call | July 14, 2011
The debt limit issue dominated conversations on Capitol Hill on Thursday, but with no apparent movement toward an agreement on raising the nation’s borrowing capacity.
A group of conservative Republicans sent President Barack Obama a letter urging him to ensure that Social Security, Medicare and service member payments are made even if the country defaults on its debt Aug. 2, while also paying off the interest on that debt.