2022 AL Senate race: on Budget & Economy


Jessica Taylor: I'm a big supporter of the free market

She has she would start a conservative squad as a counterpoint to the one formed by Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar; Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib. She presents her faith in free markets with an accusation that those congresswomen are "brainwashing" younger voters into supporting socialism. "I am vehemently against any drift in that direction," she said in a recent interview. "I'm a big supporter of the free market and letting the private sector lead."
Source: Montgomery Advertiser on 2022 Alabama Senate race Jan 21, 2020

Mike Durant: Cut costs, cut programs, get to a balanced budget

Durant explained that his biggest concerns when it came to the issues facing the country were rising inflation and increases to the national debt. "Raising the debt ceiling doesn't help that issue. I think holding fast on cutting costs, cutting programs that are not value added that gets us to a balanced budget is absolutely something that is in the hands of Congress, and I would fight to do that," Durant said.
Source: FOX News on 2022 Alabama Senate race Mar 30, 2022

Mo Brooks: 2010: Trend towards socialism will bankrupt America

[In 2010, running for House,] Brooks said that the country was veering dangerously towards socialism and that the trend must be reversed.

Within four months of taking the seat, he charged in a house for speech that the United States is "risk of insolvency in bankruptcy because the socialist members of this body choose to spend money that we do not have". After Democrats protested, Brooks asked that his remarks be stricken from the record, but did not apologize for them. Several months later, at a forum back home, Brooks said he supported any measure "short of shooting them" to force illegal immigrants back to their home countries. Latino lawmakers and groups condemned his remarks.

Source: Almanac of American Politics on 2022 Alabama Senate race Oct 5, 2015

Terri Sewell: Frontline cities need more direct COVID assistance

Congresswoman Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, voted in favor of the American Rescue Plan, the Democratic COVID-19 aid legislation. "Over the past year, our country has faced a harrowing, unprecedented crisis," Sewell said. "The coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent economic fallout have reverberated throughout our communities, jeopardizing the health and financial stability of millions of American families. I proudly voted to pass the American Rescue Plan today because Alabama families and workers can no longer wait for relief needed to weather this public health and economic crisis."

Sewell said that cities and counties are on the front lines in the fight against the COVID pandemic, and they need more direct assistance to develop local vaccination plans, pay frontline employees overtime and hazard pay, and continue to offer essential services to families and neighbors.

Source: Alabama Political Reporter on 2022 Alabama Senate race Mar 1, 2021

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Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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