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Stocks plummet in December

Christmas Eve saw stocks crater. This followed losses on most major indexes last week. With just a few business days left this year could be the worst December for stocks in history. The Dow Jones Index hit a new 52 week low on Monday of 21,792.20. That is its lowest level since September 2017. The … Continued
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December 25, 2018

Brooks, Byrne say fight over border wall funding is worth fighting

Congressmen Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, and Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, voted “Yes” Thursday on the House Amendment to H.R. 695 that provides $5.7 billion in border wall funding avoiding a presidential veto and government shutdown. “Illegal aliens are a scourge on America that flood across America’s borders with impunity. America must stop this arrogant and dangerous defiance … Continued
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December 21, 2018

McCarthy defeats Jordan for GOP Minority Leader

The U.S. House Republican Caucus voted Wednesday 159 to 43 to elect U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-California) as their new minority leader for the next Congress. House Republicans prepare for life as the minority party for the first time in eight years. McCarthy was the majority leader for the past four years. He easily defeated … Continued
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November 15, 2018

Brooks supports Trump’s changes to American amnesty laws

Friday, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) announced his support for President Donald J. Trump’s (R) Presidential Proclamation addressing mass migration through the southern border of the United States and the Department of Homeland Security’s newly released asylum rule. “Each year, hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens furtively thumb their noses at America’s sovereignty by clandestinely violating … Continued
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November 12, 2018

Trump holds rallies in Pensacola and Chattanooga

While President Donald J. Trump (R) has not held any campaign rallies in Alabama this election he was just across the state line this weekend. Saturday the President was in Pensacola campaigning for Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis. On Sunday, he was in Chattanooga campaigning for Marsha Blackburn. “This election is about safety and it’s … Continued
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November 6, 2018

Brooks: Porous border is Congressional Democrats’ betrayal

Tuesday, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) cosponsored two bills that promote border security by funding the U.S.-Mexico border wall, H.R. 7059, the Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act of 2018, and H.R. 7073, the 50 Votes for the Wall Act. Brooks said that Democrats in Congress, “Betray America by failing to secure the border.” “Congress, … Continued
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October 24, 2018