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Byrne and Rogers oppose impeachment trial

Wednesday, Congressmen Mike Rogers, R-Saks, and Bradley Byrne, R-Montrose, spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives on their opposition to the two Articles of Impeachment against President Donald J. Trump (R). “Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats continue to be obsessed with trying to undo the 2016 election,” Rogers said. “Pelosi’s sham of a … Continued
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January 17, 2020

Sewell votes to send Articles of Impeachment to the Senate

Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Terri A. Sewell, D-Selma, voted to send two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump (R) to the Senate. “Despite the President’s best attempts, the House has upheld its constitutionally-mandated duty to investigate his abuse of power and hold him to account,” Sewell said in a statement. The Democratic majority in … Continued
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January 16, 2020

Barry Moore condemns House resolution limiting president’s war powers

Friday, former State Representative and Second District Congressional candidate Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, condemned a House resolution passed on Thursday limiting President Donald J. Trump’s (R) war powers. The resolution passed largely on partisan grounds with only three Republicans voting for it and eight House Democrats voted against. “This is just one more example of how … Continued
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January 13, 2020

John Lewis has pancreatic cancer

Sunday, Georgia Congressman and Alabama native John Lewis (D) announced that he has pancreatic cancer. The 79-year-old Lewis is a civil rights movement legend who worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on both the 1963 March on Washington and the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march. Lewis has received the Presidential Medal of … Continued
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December 30, 2019

Rogers says he was thrilled to see USMCA pass

Thursday, Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Saks) said that the passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by the U.S. House of Representatives was a win for all Americans. Republicans had asked Democrat leadership for months to bring this bipartisan legislation to the House Floor, but Rogers said that House Democrats have been focused on the impeachment … Continued
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December 26, 2019

Brooks urges Senate to use federal rules of evidence in Trump’s impeachment trial

Thursday, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and 8 conservative House colleagues sent a letter to United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urging them to adopt the Federal Rules of Evidence for the Senate’s President Trump impeachment trial. The other Republican congressmen who joined … Continued
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December 25, 2019

ALGOP backs president after impeachment vote

Wednesday night, President Donald J. Trump (R) became the third President in American history to be impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats failed to sway a single Republican to support either of their two articles of impeachment. Republicans have only grown stronger in their position that Trump did nothing wrong and that the … Continued
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December 19, 2019

Brooks explains his opposition to impeachment

On Wednesday, the Democratic majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump (R) on two Articles of Impeachment: obstruction of Congress and abuse of power. Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) has been a staunch defender of Pres. Trump throughout this process and released a statement denouncing the Democratic majority for … Continued
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December 19, 2019

Roby: Impeachment articles do not meet the necessary requirements

U.S. Representative Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, said that the articles of impeachment do not meet the necessary requirements and the bar to impeach President Donald J. Trump (R) have not been met. Roby made her comments this week during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of H. Res. 755, the articles of impeachment against President Trump. Members … Continued
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December 16, 2019

Bipartisan NDAA passes the House

Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report on a bipartisan 377 to 48 vote. Alabama Congress members Bradley Byrne, Terri Sewell, Mike Rogers, and Mo Brooks all supported the final version of the NDAA and released statements on passage of the legislation. “This bipartisan bill is a huge … Continued
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December 12, 2019