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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.
Resolution regarding HB1207
Last night at our May meeting, with unanimous consent, the Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus passed a resolution, commending Congressmen Spencer Bacchus, Robert Aderholt, and Mike Rogers for co-sponsoring Dr. Ron Paul’s House Bill 1207, known as the Audit the Fed bill. The resolution also encouraged the remaining Alabama Congressmen to join their names to the growing bi-partisan list of co-sponsors.
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.
Congressman Mike Rogers turns his back on Alabama voters
If any recent House vote could be considered a simple test of a congressman’s commitment to fiscal conservatism, it was the amendment to the Democrat’s budget proposed by Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio. According to the Birmingham News, the amendment would “have set government spending at 20.7 percent of gross domestic product, made the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent and suspended the capital gains tax through 2010. Supporters said the amendment offered ‘lower deficits, lower spending, lower taxes, lower debt and a lot more jobs’ than the budget proposed by President Barack Obama and would put people on the path to prosperity.”
Here’s how the Alabama delegation voted:
| Aye | AL-1 | Bonner, Jo [R] |
| No | AL-2 | Bright, Bobby [D] |
| No | AL-3 | Rogers, Michael [R] |
| Aye | AL-4 | Aderholt, Robert [R] |
| No | AL-5 | Griffith, Parker [D] |
| Aye | AL-6 | Bachus, Spencer [R] |
| No | AL-7 | Davis, Artur [D] |
In other words, Mike Rogers prefered to side with Obama, Pelosi, Bright, Griffith and Davis — as opposed to siding with tens of thousands of Alabamians who showed up for tea parties on April 15th.
Just in case Congressman Rogers isn’t aware of how angry his constituents are over support of bailouts and deficit spending, we thought we’d provide this video of South Carolina voters turning their backs on and booing South Carolina Congressman Gresham Barrett at one of the April 15 tea parties.
It’s to be noted that both Rogers and Barrett support bailouts.
H/T to Alabama’s premier political website.
