Category Archives: Goat Hill Project

Alabama House Aborts SB 301

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Alabama House Aborts SB 301″FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy voice vote, the Alabama House effectively killed a bill passed by the Senate to establish conception as the moment of personhood. Patricia Todd (D – Jefferson) asked pointed questions of John Merrill … Continue reading →

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Greg Canfield

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Greg Canfield”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailState Representative Greg Canfield (R – Jefferson) assesses the achievements of Alabama’s first Republican majority in 136 years.

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We Must Save Them Before We Deport Them

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “We Must Save Them Before We Deport Them”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDebate on SB 256, an omnibus immigration bill in the Alabama Senate. Bill sponsor Scott Beason faces off with Minority Leader Roger Bedford over an amendment to exempt churches from … Continue reading →

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Big Government Republicans in Alabama

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Big Government Republicans in Alabama”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDuring debate on SB 256, a bill to expand immigration enforcement by Alabama’s state and local agencies, Senator Paul Sanford (R – Madison) succeeded in stripping an expansion of police powers to the … Continue reading →

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Meet Joe Hubbard

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Meet Joe Hubbard”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailJoe Hubbard of Montgomery, a rising star in the Democratic Party, recently announced he would voluntarily refuse 15% of his own salary, saying “teachers and state employees don’t have the option of not taking a … Continue reading →

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Does the Right to Life End at Birth? Part 1

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Does the Right to Life End at Birth? Part 1″FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailApril 7, 2011: When Alabama’s new Republican House majority moves to vote on a bill that would make abortions illegal after the 20th week of gestation, Democrats filibuster. … Continue reading →

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Does the Right to Life End at Birth? Part 2

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Does the Right to Life End at Birth? Part 2″FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDexter Grimsley questions Kerry Rich, sponsor of an abortion bill, on his understanding of the medical science of fetal pain; Barbara Boyd questions the majority’s overreach; Alvin Ward … Continue reading →

Does the Right to Life End at Birth? Part 3

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Does the Right to Life End at Birth? Part 3″FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailChristopher John England points out the bill’s problematic disagreement with Supreme Court precedent; Pebblin Warren discusses infanticide and back-alley abortions as the unintended consequences of abortion restrictions; Joseph … Continue reading →

Alvin Holmes Makes it Elementary

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Alvin Holmes Makes it Elementary”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailState Representative Alvin Holmes of Montgomery offers a demonstration of the problem with texting-while-driving bans. Nevertheless, the bill passed the Alabama House 86-2.

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Dropping DROP: Lynn Greer Explains It All For You

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Dropping DROP: Lynn Greer Explains It All For You”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailRepresentative Lynn Greer laid out the Republican House majority’s case for doing away with Alabama’s Delayed Retirement Option Program, claiming that the only alternative was to fire 780 teachers. … Continue reading →

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Stop Juan Crow

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Stop Juan Crow”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSeveral House Democrats spoke at a rally in front of the Alabama legislature in opposition to HB 56, an immigration-enforcement bill patterned after Arizona’s “papers please” law. They linked their own historical struggle for civil … Continue reading →