Senate majority leader endorses Barry Moore for Senate
The endorsements of Moore’s Senate campaign by Senators John Thune and Tim Scott follow a January endorsement by President Donald Trump.
John Thune
Biden administration won’t strip important designation from several Alabama cities
If it had been enacted, the proposed change would have negatively affected several cities in Alabama.
Tuberville cosponsors the Metropolitan Statistical Preservation Act
Alabama cities would be directly impacted if they were to lose MSA designation.
Senate votes to override Trump’s defense funding bill veto
The motion to override was successful 81 to 13. Forty Republicans, 40 Democrats and one independent voted to override.
Brooks praises Hawley after he agrees to challenge election results in the Senate
Hawley is the first senator to announce that he also would object.
No GOP senator is publicly backing Brooks’s plan to reject election results
To this point, GOP senators have been dismissive of Brooks’s plan.
Shelby co-sponsors the coronavirus economic stabilization act
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby of Alabama, Senate Majority Whip John Thune and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, all Republicans, released “The Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020” as part of the broader Senate economic response package. Sponsors say that the legislation would allow the Treasury Secretary to provide up to $208 billion … Continued