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Brooks: Trump is right to demand NATO allies spend more on defense

Wednesday, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) announced his support for President Donald J Trump’s (R) efforts to have North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies contribute more to Europe’s defense. Brooks says that the U.S. pays more of its domestic product than any other NATO nation. “America cannot afford to be the cop on every street corner in … Continued
July 12, 2018

Palmer favors immigration reform without providing amnesty

Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) recently wrote to constituents that he believes that the Congress does have a reference point to reform America’s immigration policies without providing amnesty and that the safety of the American people is one of his highest priorities. “One of my highest priorities is the safety of the American people,” Rep. Palmer … Continued
July 11, 2018

Trump appoints Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

Tuesday, July 9 President Donald J. Trump (R) appointed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. Kavanaugh sits on the DC Circuit Court. That is the main federal appeals court and has often been a stepping stone to the Supreme Court as it hears some of the most prominent cases, … Continued
July 10, 2018

Canfield says Trump tariffs slowed timeline on big manufacturing investments in the state

Tuesday, Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield (R) told Bloomberg’s John Lippert that the state of Alabama is seeing delays in big manufacturing investments in due to President Donald Trump’s (R) trade policies and is urging a more conciliatory approach. “We’ve seen a couple of projects that we’ve been actively working where their timeline has slipped,” … Continued
July 5, 2018

Today is the Fourth of July

Today is the day that Americans remember its founding and the men who sacrificed on the battlefields of Concord, Lexington, Bunker Hill, Quebec, Charleston, Trenton, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Guilford Court House, Yorktown, and countless more to win our nation’s independence from Great Britain. An estimated 25,000 Americans were killed in the Revolutionary … Continued
July 4, 2018

Mike Huckabee endorses Twinkle Cavanaugh

Monday, Public Service Commission President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R) announced that she has been endorsed by former Arkansas Governor and two time GOP Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (R). Cavanaugh is running for Lieutenant Governor in the Republican primary runoff. Cavanaugh is a small business owner and was the first woman to chair the Alabama Republican … Continued
July 4, 2018

US Senate Judiciary Committee advances Brasher for Alabama district court nomination

Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to advances the nomination of Andrew Brasher for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Brasher is the Solicitor General of Alabama. In that role, he has defended Alabama’s Sanctity of Marriage law, pro-Life legislation passed by the legislature, Alabama’s voting rights law, … Continued
June 29, 2018

State leaders react to Justice Kennedy’s retirement

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced on Wednesday that he is going to retire from the nation’s highest court. The move gives President Donald J. Trump (R) the opportunity to move the Supreme Court in a more conservative direction. Generally, it is considered that there are four strict constructionists and there are four liberal … Continued
June 28, 2018

Byrne, Zeigler, GOP congressional delegation oppose Baldwin immigrant detention sites

Congressman Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, led a group of colleagues from Alabama and Florida in sending a letter to urge the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to halt efforts to house illegal immigrants at two outlying Navy airfields in south Baldwin County, Alabama. State Auditor Jim Zeigler also sent a letter to … Continued
June 27, 2018