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Conservatives Press House to Hold Firm on DHS Funding

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, February 25, US Representatives Martha Roby (R-Montgomery), Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville), Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), and Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) today joined their fellow conservative lawmakers in a letter urging that House leadership hold firm in fully funding the Department of Homeland Security while specifically preventing funds from going to implement … Continued
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February 26, 2015

Byrne Urges Senate Democrats To Pass House Homeland Security Funding Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, February 23, US Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) urged Senate Democrats to end the impasse over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Congressman Byrne said, “Let’s be clear here: Senate Democrats are refusing to even let debate begin on the House-passed funding bill. If Democrats don’t like … Continued
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February 24, 2015

Byrne Said Obama’s War Proposal Lacks A Clear Strategy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Mobile) said that President Obama has not articulated an adequate strategy to defeat ISIS. US Representative Byrne issued a statement following President Obama’s submission to Congress for a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) to defeat the Islamic … Continued
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February 12, 2015

Sessions Says President Refuses to Listen to American People on Immigration

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, February 5, 2015 US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) blasted his Democratic Senate colleagues as “the palace guard” for their decision to protect President Barack H. Obama’s immigration policies when they filibustered a Republican plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security without providing funds for President Obama’s … Continued
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February 6, 2015

Sessions, Roby, and Byrne Critical of President’s Budget

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, February 2, US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) and US Representatives Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) and Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) issued written statements following President Obama’s fiscal year 2016 $3.99 million budget submitted to Congress on Monday. Sen. Sessions said in a written statement, “The President has sent another tax-and-spend … Continued
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February 3, 2015

Obama Proposes Nearly $4 Trillion Budget For Fiscal Year 2016

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, February 2, President Barack Hussein Obama unveiled a nearly $4 trillion fiscal 2016 budget.  US Senator Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) have both released written statements regarding President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal. Senator Shelby said, “President Obama’s budget blueprint is once … Continued
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February 3, 2015

Roby and Byrne Response to State of the Union

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, January 20, President Barack H. Obama delivered his State of The Union address to a packed joint session of Congress. Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) dismissed the President’s State of the Union as a “Liberal Wish List” in his written response. Congresswoman Martha Roby (R from Montgomery) called … Continued
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January 21, 2015

Shelby and Sessions Unimpressed with State of the Union Speech

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, President Barack H. Obama outlined an ambitious agenda of liberal-progressive policy proposals in this year’s State of the Union Speech. US Senators Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) both released statements expressing skepticism after President Obama’s State of the Union address to a … Continued
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January 21, 2015

RNC Passes Unanimous Resolution Opposing Obama’s Executive Amnesty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, January 16, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead announced in a written statement that the Republican National Committee (RNC) has unanimously passed a resolution in support of immigration reform and stopping President Barack H. Obama’s controversial Executive Amnesty. Chairman Armistead said in a written statement, “The America … Continued
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January 19, 2015

Byrne, Roby, and Palmer Explain House GOP Action to Try to Block Executive Amnesty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, January 14, the Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the Department of Homeland Security funding bill, H.R. 240, that would block President Barack H. Obama’s Executive Order concerning immigration which Republican lawmakers claim is unconstitutional. Alabama Republican Congress members Gary Palmer, Bradley Byrne, … Continued
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January 16, 2015