[tps_title]Sen. Jabo Waggoner, Chairman, Senate Rules Committee[/tps_title]
Legend.
Waggoner is the longest serving Republican in the Alabama Senate and has been a player in state politics since the mid-60s. But don’t think for a second that he’s lost a step. During the 2015 legislative session — his 33rd in the Senate — he muscled through major reforms to the embattled Birmingham Water Works Board and proved why his constituents will continue sending him back to Montgomery for as long as he wants to go.
His position as chairman of the Senate Rules Committee gives him a lot of discretion over what bills actually make it to the floor for a vote. While most of what happens at the mic in the Legislature is inconsequential, when Waggoner says, “Madam president, I have a report from the Committee on Rules,” everyone stops to listen.
His legacy in the pantheon of Alabama political titans is secure, but he still goes to work every day with an attitude of genuine humility.
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