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Posted: 1:35 PM Jun 8, 2011
Final Day of 2011 AL Legislative Session
GOP ends session in control of Alabama Legislature
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The 2011 regular session of the Alabama
Legislature comes to an end in much the same way many past sessions have ended -- with lawmakers finishing work on state budgets on the session's final day.
But the 2011 session has been anything but routine.
Republicans were in control for the first time in more than 130 years. GOP lawmakers passed legislation that they often couldn't get out of
committees in previous sessions -- attacking issues like illegal
immigration and teacher tenure reform.
In the House, majority leader Micky Hammon and minority leader
Craig Ford have brought new leadership styles.
Hammon is a former electric contractor with a hard scrabble, straight-talking persona.
The son of a former legislator, Ford has been hanging out in the
House since he was 6 years old.
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