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Sessions warns White House that he could resign if Rosenstein is fired

The Washington Post is reporting that Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) has told the White House that he might have to leave his post if President Donald J. Trump (R) fired Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein. Sessions angered the President when he recused himself from the investigation into controversial allegations that the 2016 Trump … Continued
April 23, 2018

Jim Bridenstine confirmed as NASA administrator

Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Congressman Jim Bridenstine as administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on a party line vote of 50-49. “My long-time friend and ally, Jim Bridenstine, has the ability to make an exceptional NASA administrator,” U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, said. “Jim not only has a keen interest in aeronautics … Continued
April 20, 2018

Roby supports president’s action against Syrian regime

Monday. Congresswoman Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, joined the chorus of voices supporting President Donald Trump’s decision to launch punitive cruise missile strikes on the military forces of Bashar Al-Assad after a reported chemical weapons attack on a rebel controlled suburb of Damascus that is being attributed to the Assad regime. Roby said that Assad’s “horrific action … Continued
April 17, 2018

Jones on Syria strikes: “I fully support the President’s Actions”

Sen. Doug Jones released a statement Saturday supportive of President Donald Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes in Syria. Jones released the comments after news that the United States, France, and the United Kingdom undertook targeted airstrikes to weaken Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons capabilities. “Bashar al-Assad’s repeated use of chemical weapons on innocent civilians … Continued
April 16, 2018

ICYMI | Trump orders missile strikes against three Syrian targets

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the U.S. military to attack targets in Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town in Syria by Bashar Al-Assad’s Syrian government. Congressmen Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, and Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, both expressed support Friday night for the president’s actions. “President Trump is right to respond … Continued
April 16, 2018

Paul Ryan will not seek re-election

 The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, announced Wednesday that he would not seek another term in the House. Ryan will finish his term, which runs out at the end of the year. “Paul Ryan has been a leader in the conservative movement since he first ran for Congress all the … Continued
April 12, 2018

Inside the Statehouse: A look at our current congressional delegates

There are dramatic differences between our congressional delegation of the 1940’s-1960’s and our group on the Potomac today.  Obviously, their partisan badges have changed, as have Alabamians. There is also a tremendous difference in power and seniority of that era versus today’s group. That bygone era of Alabama congressmen were very progressive New Deal Democrats; whereas, our … Continued
April 11, 2018

Mo Brooks agrees with President Trump’s plan to use military on border

Wednesday, Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, announced that he supported President Donald J. Trump’s (R) decision to use National Guard troops to defend America’s southern border: “I fully support President Trump’s use of our military to secure the border against invasion by foreign nationals,” Congressman Trump said. “Recent, highly-publicized caravans of thousands of foreigners heading for … Continued
April 5, 2018

Sue Bell Cobb adviser implicated in ghost Twitter account controversy

A Sue Bell Cobb campaign advisor has been exposed as being behind an effort to create a host of fake social media accounts that were anti-Trump, anti-Bernie Sanders and pro-Democratic Party. The allegations were made in a Huffington Post article by Paul Blumenthal. Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has identified a dozen Russian nationals that he … Continued
April 4, 2018

February unemployment rate stays at record low of 3.7 percent

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted February unemployment rate held steady at 3.7 percent. That is well below February 2017’s rate of 5.3 percent and maintains the record lows seen in recent months. February’s rate represents 80,685 unemployed persons, compared to 80,807 in January and 115,397 in February 2017. In Alabama, … Continued
March 26, 2018