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Palmer Announces More Staff

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, December 18, Congressman-elect Palmer announced the hiring of his District Director, Field Director and Constituent Service Liaison. Palmer announced that former Birmingham Post Herald sports writer Ray Melick will join Gary’s District. Melick was a long-time sportswriter, as the Alabama beat writer and later lead sports columnist … Continued
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January 5, 2015

Byrne Opposes Obama Plan To Rate Colleges

By Brandon MoseleyAlabama Political Reporter On Friday, December 19, US Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement in response to the Obama administration’s release of the framework for their college rating system. Congressman Byrne said: “Do we really want to set higher education … Continued
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December 23, 2014

Roby Grieving For Families Of Assassinated Children

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, December 16, US Representative Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) called the Taliban terrorist fighters in Pakistan who executed 132 children at their school “barbarous.” Representative Roby said, “My heart is with the grieving families affected by the unconscionable Taliban attack on the Peshawar school today. We once again see … Continued
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December 23, 2014

Palmer Announces More Staff

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, December 18, Congressman-elect Palmer announced the hiring of his District Director, Field Director and Constituent Service Liaison. Palmer announced that former Birmingham Post-Herald lead sports columnist, radio and television personality, Ray Melick will join as District Director. Melick has spent 27 years writing and talking about sports … Continued
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December 22, 2014

LCS Continues To Impress Navy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On December 11, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) and US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) responded to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s decision on the future of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. The decision reaffirms the Navy’s need for 52 ships in the fleet, after Secretary Hagel had previously halted … Continued
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December 22, 2014

Brooks And Rogers Vote Against CRomnibus

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, December 11, Congressmen Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and Mike Rogers (R-Saks) both voted “No” on passage of H.R. 83, a $1.013 trillion, 1,600-page Continuing Resolution/Omnibus spending bill (nicknamed “CROmnibus”) that funds the government to the next fiscal year which begin on October 1. Representative Brooks said that the … Continued
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December 18, 2014

Sessions And Shelby Opposed Omnibus Appropriations Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, December 13, U.S. Senators Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL) both voted against the fiscal year 2015 omnibus appropriations bill passed at the 11th hour to avoid a government shutdown and keep the government funded until October. Senator Shelby released a written statement after the Senate’s … Continued
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December 16, 2014

Roby Supports House Omnibus Appropriations C.R.

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Martha Roby (R from Montgomery) said that passing the Omnibus Continuing Resolution (C.R.) puts the new GOP Congress in the strongest position to defund executive amnesty. On Thursday, U.S. Representative Martha Roby (R-AL) voted to support a comprehensive Appropriations plan that she said: funds critical government operations, includes … Continued
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December 16, 2014

Congressman-Elect Palmer Receives Key Committee Assignments

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Gary Palmer (R) will join the Congress in January. On Thursday December 11, Palmer announced what Committees he was assigned to at Freshman Issues Orientation. Palmer was assigned to three committees: Budget; Oversight & Government Reform; and Science, Space & Technology. Congressman elect Palmer said in a written statement, … Continued
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December 15, 2014

Byrne Votes For Omnibus Spending Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Historically the President submits a budget. Congress submits their own budget then in August and September 16 different appropriations bills each go through the budget process until a final budget is passed sometime between October and December then that is signed by the President after much partisan negotiations. That … Continued
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December 12, 2014