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Congress Funds Homeland Security Another Week

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, February 27, Congress averted a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security late Friday when both the House and Senate passed a seven-day extension of funding for the agency. The House acted just two hours before funding was set to expire at midnight. The House vote … Continued
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March 2, 2015

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

Roby, Byrne, Palmer Disappointed By President’s Veto

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, February 25, President Barack Hussein Obama vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have authorized construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The pipeline would carry Canadian tar sands oil to the United States for refining creating thousands of new high paying jobs. Many in Congress were stung by the President’s decision … Continued
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February 25, 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

Hundreds Rally for School Choice In Montgomery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, January 27, hundreds of Alabama school children and their parents joined Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) in a rally in front of the state capital demanding that the state of Alabama offer more education choices to students such as charter schools and expanding the … Continued
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January 29, 2015

Roby Says House Acting To Combat Sex Trafficking

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, January 27, Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) released a statement to announce that the House has passed Bi-partisan bills to try to deal with America’s “fastest growing” criminal enterprise: human sex trafficking. US Representative Martha Roby strongly supports the measures and said that legislation is needed to combat … Continued
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January 29, 2015

House Does Not Take Expected Vote On Pain Capable Life Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, January 22, the Republican controlled US House of Representatives did not vote on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The House had been expected to pass the Pro-Life legislation to coincide with Thursday’s national March for Life. The House did, however, vote to end taxpayer support for … Continued
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January 23, 2015

House Expected to Vote on Pain Capable Life Bill

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, January 22, the US House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Pain-Capable Child Protection Act. Alabama Pro Life groups are asking for residents of Alabama’s Second Congressional District to take a moment to call Alabama’s Rep. Martha Roby’s Montgomery local office and/or Washington DC office … Continued
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January 22, 2015