Alabama Republican Party

If there was any doubt whether Alabama Democrats have run out of ideas of their own, House Majority Leader Ken Guin (D – Jasper) answered the question once and for all.

It seems that Guin proposed a resolution addressing the issue of illegal immigration, but language in the resolution was a word-for-word copy of a bill that Rep. Micky Hammon (R – Decatur) has tried to pass through the Democrat-majority House for the past three years.

According to the Decatur Daily:

The dispute between Guin, D-Carbon Hill, and Hammon on the House floor mirrored an exchange between the two in an April 4 committee meeting. At that time, Guin criticized Hammon’s bill and vowed to “take care of” it when it reached the Rules Committee, which Guin chairs and which determines the House calendar.

“It seems there has been a tremendous about-face on this issue,” Hammon said Thursday. “I’ve been hammered on this issue in committee and in the press. I was told my bill would never pass this body.”

After Guin got caught plagiarizing the language, Republicans were able to tag on an amendment officially naming the resolution after Hammon, who is a long-time legislative activist fighting against illegal immigration in Alabama.