Sunday's On The Record: The New Legislative Majority

     Republican Senator Jabo Waggoner of Jefferson County and Representative Mike Hubbard of Lee County are the guests in a conversation about the new Republican Alabama State Legislature.

    

Here's a sample:

Will the GOP pay back the Democrats for mistreatment during the past decades?

Hubbard:  No...their bills will be given a fair hearing, and if a majority of  the legislature approves, they'll be passed.

Will they get any committee chairmanships?

Hubbard: No...there were no Republican chairmen when they were in the majority...



Those aren't exact quotes, but close.

     Watch On The Record at 5:30 on Sunday, just before 60 Minutes on CBS 8 in Montgomery.

Historic Echoes?

     A quirk of fate has the new Republican majority Alabama Legislature meeting to organize itself on the 150th anniversary of another historic meeting of the same body...the session when the lawmakers voted to secede from the Union.

     January 11, 1861 - Alabama votes to leave the Union.

           January 11, 2011 - Alabama Republicans take control of the Legislature.

   

     I'm just saying.....

     Though you won't find many Republicans advocating Alabama leave The Union again, there was just such a proposal from Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry last year regarding his state, and there was an anti- Federal government theme among tea party members too, who at least infuenced some of the Repubicans elected to the new Alabama Legislature.

     By the way, The new Speaker of The House, Rep.Mike Hubbard, and the new Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Jabo Waggoner, are the guests on Sunday's On The Record on CBS 8 in Montgomery. 5:30pm, just before 60-Minutes!