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Sewell, Leahy introduce the Voting Rights Advancement Act

Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, introduced legislation Tuesday to help address what they called “the most egregious forms of recent voter suppression” by developing a process to determine which states and localities with a recent history of voting rights violations must pre-clear election changes with the Department of Justice. “In my … Continued
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February 28, 2019

House votes to revoke Trump’s national emergency declaration

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday that would prohibit President Donald Trump from declaring a national emergency at the Southern border. U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Alabama, voted against the resolution to override Trump’s national emergency declaration. “Democrats are trying every trick in the book to stop President Trump from securing our southern … Continued
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February 27, 2019

Brooks introduces the End Federal Government Shutdowns Act

Monday, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, reintroduced the End Federal Government Shutdowns Act of 2019. Brooks said the bill would automatically require continuity of spending at the previous year’s levels should Congress fail to pass spending bills on time. Brooks said that passage would make government shutdowns a thing of the past. The bill has two … Continued
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February 27, 2019

Doug Jones, John Lewis, Terri Sewell, and Martha Roby to lead Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Alabama

The Faith and Politics Institute will return to Alabama March 1 through March 3 to lead a bipartisan Congressional delegation of nearly 50 members from the U.S. House and U.S. Senate on the 2019 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage. The delegation will visit historic civil rights sites in Birmingham, Montgomery and Selma and engage members of … Continued
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February 21, 2019
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Staying focused in a crazy Washington

Before the new Congress began at the start of this year, I made a prediction: with the new Democrat majority, we could expect crazy season from the left with Democrat members taking every chance they could to undermine President Donald Trump. I don’t claim to have a crystal ball, but I think I hit the … Continued
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February 19, 2019

Sewell, Byrne react to Trump’s State of Emergency

The White House has indicated that President Donald Trump — after three months of negotiations with Congress and a 35-day partial government shutdown yielded only 55 miles of border wall — will issue a State of Emergency in order to build the border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border unilaterally with emergency powers. U.S. Rep. Terri … Continued
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February 15, 2019

Shelby says that passage of funding deal is outstanding news

The Senate voted Thursday to advances an appropriations package with funding to secure the border and fund the government to try to avoid another government shutdown. U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, voted to approve a comprehensive funding package that includes the seven remaining Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations bills. “Passage of this funding legislation is outstanding … Continued
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February 15, 2019