WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama Senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby voted on Monday for the Marketplace Fairness Act, a measure that would enable localities to collect sales tax on Internet purchases. Sessions’ office offered Yellowhammer a statement explaining his vot...

Daily Presidential Update UPDATE: Romney has surged ahead of Obama for the first time in the Real Clear Politics Electoral College Map. Via Real Clear Politics Swing State Polls from the Last 2 Days: Thursday, Oct. 18: Ohio (Rasmussen) – Obama 49, Romney 48 Ohio (...

Alabama Politics PRESS-REGISTER: This week in Alabama politics (Political Skinny) Former Alabama Rep. Artur Davis continued to draw headlines for his conversion from a Birmingham Democrat to a Virginia Republican. The GOP announced that Davis will be a featured speaker ...

President Obama still has a significant fundraising advantage over Mitt Romney, but the money gap has been rapidly shrinking — to the point that some political insiders are speculating that Obama may be the first sitting President to be out-fundraised by his opponent. G...

Update 1: SCOTUS Decision in plain English (via SCOTUSBlog) The Affordable Care Act, including its individual mandate that virtually all Americans buy health insurance, is constitutional. There were not five votes to uphold it on the ground that Congress could use its p...

The Birmingham News is reporting today that Congressman Spencer Bachus (AL-06) has been cleared of insider trading allegations. The allegation and ensuing investigation stemmed from the book “Throw Them All Out” in which Bachus was accused of using knowledge...