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ALRLC encourages Alabama’s congressional delegation to support Federal Reserve Transparency Act
(Birmingham, AL) On Tuesday night, the Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus unanimously adopted a resolution encouraging Alabama’s congressional delegation to support H.R. 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009. Wikipedia describes H.R. 1207 as follows:
According to its short title, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009 amends Title 31 of the United States Code “to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported”. It strikes exceptions to the audit protocol in 31 U.S.C. § 714 for the Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States, and replaces an indefinite deadline with a deadline of December 2010.
“All Americans should support this important legislation regardless of their political views,” said Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus Chair Scott Boykin. “Transparency in public institutions is a fundamental value in a free society.”
The bill currently has 179 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives, including Congressmen Robert Aderholt, Mike Rogers and Spencer Bachus from Alabama.
“We like to thank the three members of our congressional delegation who have signed onto the bill,” said ALRLC Media Director Stephen Gordon. “This should be an incredibly easy bill for any Republican to support and we’ve already got 35 cosponsors from the Democratic side of the aisle. We’d like to encourage Joe Bonner, Artur Davis, Bobby Bright and Parker Griffith to jump on board before the train leaves the station.”
The Alabama Republican Liberty caucus is committed to advancing the cause of liberty by advancing pro-freedom legislation and electing pro-freedom candidates to public office.
ALRLC is looking for a few good conservatives
The Club for Growth has just released their 2008 congressional ratings. While Alabama’s Senators scored in a marginally acceptable manner, our Representatives had embarrassing results. Steve Gordon makes the following observation:
The Club for Growth has posted both their House and Senate ratings online. They also note that the “moderate” (or squishy, as I prefer) lawmakers “are not supportive of economic liberty.”
“So when you hear someone praise a lawmaker for being a ‘centrist’ or a ‘moderate’, think twice before assigning them any real merit on economic issues,” writes Andrew Roth at the Club for Growth blog.
In one recent test of how people currently feel about squishy Republicans, Rasmussen is reporting that Pat Toomey currently outpolls Senator Arlen Specter by 21 points in the much more liberal state of Pennsylvania. “If these numbers are right, Specter has a tough road to renomination ahead of him,” noted James Antle at the American Spectator.
In neighboring Florida, Governor Crist could be facing similar problems. “There may be a Tea Party conservative rebellion brewing against ‘me too’ Republicans like Crist,” notes journalist Robert Stacy McCain on his personal blog.
If the current Tea Party hostility regarding taxation and deficit spending continues, each Republican member of Alabama’s House delegation will be very susceptible to a primary challenge — especially Everett and Rogers. Additionally, the nine percent scored by Artur Davis may make it very difficult for him to pick up enough independent votes to satisfy his gubernatorial ambitions.
The Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus is looking for candidates to run against any of the “squishy” Republicans in Alabama. If you are interested in running for public office, please contact Shana at shanajk@gmail.com.
Little Jim out of governor’s race? Roger Bedford competing for the democratic stage?
Alabama’s primary feeding hole for political junkies reports the following:
Last night at a Montgomery function, Roger Bedford (D – Rogersville) was telling people that he was going to run for governor, including a lobbyist that spoke to me today. “He said he had had a conversation with some people, and they convinced him he could win the Governor’s race. He said that Folsom was one of those people.”
“Roger and I are friends, and I said, ‘You know, Ron Sparks is going to run.’ We’re all friends, and I said, ‘I wish you weren’t going to do that.’ He said, ‘Ron is my friend too, and I don’t think he could win. I’ve been convinced I can win, and I’m going to run.’”
“He told others [last night] he was going to run. But another lobbyist told me that Roger said this morning that he was ‘almost certain’ he was going to run, said it in a very positive way. But that tells me that he got some feedback from others, and he’s thinking about it.”
“I talked to Ron Sparks last night, the three of us spent some time together. Ron said [about Bedford running], ‘Well, I hate it, but I’m going to announce I’m running for Governor.’”
Is Folsom encouraging or orchestrating Bedford’s potential candidacy? A source close to Folsom said, “Jim has made it clear that he is not getting involved in the governor’s race. He is not orchestrating anything but anyone would certainly understand him having encouraging words for his longtime friend Roger Bedford.”
If Bedford runs, it will keep Artur Davis from assuming the media-appointed driver’s seat for the Democrats. Anyone wanna offer a handicap on the 2010 Democratic race this far out?
