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Brooks votes for plan to cut previously passed spending

Thursday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act on a narrow 210-206 vote. The act cuts $15 billion in non-defense, previously appropriated but unspent funding— the largest spending rescission in history. Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, voted in favor of the act. Brooks said, “This vote … Continued
June 11, 2018

Trump signs Right to Try Act, allowing terminally ill patients to attempt experimental drugs

President Donald Trump signed the Right to Try Act into law on Wednesday. The law would allow terminally ill patients to attempt experimental drugs that do not yet have approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Several members of the Alabama congressional delegation have been vocal proponents for passage of the legislation. “I was proud … Continued
May 31, 2018

Monday is Memorial Day

Today is Memorial Day. Memorial Day each year is where the United States remembers the over one million Americans who have died defending this country from its enemies over the last two and a half centuries. Memorial Day began immediately after the Civil War when families, of both sides, who had lost loved ones would … Continued
May 28, 2018

Speaker McCutcheon, other leaders visit Washington

Alabama and the Barack Obama Administration had a very tense working relationship. If the Obama Administration wasn’t suing the state of Alabama, Alabama was suing the Obama Administration over new regulations or rules. Alabama has a much friendlier working relationship with the Trump Administration. Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, was in Washington along … Continued
May 24, 2018

Poll shows Maddox pulling ahead in race for Democratic nomination

With endorsements from heavyweight Democratic groups like the New South Coalition’s campaign arm and the Alabama Democratic Conference, the Democratic party appears to be coalescing around Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox ahead of the June 5 primary. A new poll released by the Maddox campaign Tuesday backs up what the endorsements hint: Maddox appears to be pulling ahead … Continued
May 22, 2018

Byrne, Brooks call on Mueller to “wrap up” investigation

Congressman Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, said that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has accomplished very little and said it is time to wrap up the investigation. Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, said that the investigation should not continue past July. Congressman Byrne said, “It has been one year since Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate Russian collusion related … Continued
May 18, 2018

Inside the Statehouse: Entering the home stretch

Folks, we are less than three weeks away from our June 5th primary. Besides the governor’s race, all of our secondary constitutional races are on the ballot. As we head into the home stretch, there appears to be very little interest in the primary elections. People seem disinterested and disillusioned. There have been a good … Continued
May 16, 2018

If you think the Alabama GOP can’t sink lower, think again

“Free2be does not share the values of most Alabamians.” — Scott Dawson, Republican candidate for governor of Alabama. Scott Dawson might be right. But if he is, and if it’s true that Alabamians don’t share the values of Free2be, a group whose primary goal is to provide mental health counseling and counseling to prevent violence … Continued
May 16, 2018