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Obama Wins Showdown with Congress over Amnesty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In November the American people gave Republicans majorities in both Houses of Congress for the first time since 2006. Despite polling that shows that 58 percent of the American people oppose President Barack H. Obama’s immigration policies, on Tuesday, March 3 a bipartisan groups of Congress members voted for … Continued
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March 4, 2015

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

Brooks Claims Measles Outbreak Due To Immigration Policy

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) recently blamed the growing measles outbreak on President Obama’s unilateral immigration policy.  Now other conservative commentators, including Dr. Ben Carson, have echoed Rep. Brooks’ arguments. In a radio interview with Birmingham area talk radio personality, Matt Murphy, Congressman Mo Brooks said, “I don’t think there … Continued
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February 5, 2015

Sewell And Brooks Vote For Keystone Pipeline

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, January 10, Congresswoman Terri Sewell (R-Selma) and Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) both voted for H.R. 3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act, to approve the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Representative Sewell said in a written statement, “After much deliberation, I voted in favor of constructing the … Continued
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January 12, 2015

Byrne And Brooks Support Repeal Of Obamacare 30 Hour Rule

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, January 8, 2015 Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) urged the Congress to support a full repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, better known as Obamacare.  Rep. Byrne’s comments before the full House were made in support of legislation to restore the 40 hour … Continued
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January 9, 2015

New Congress Goes Into Session

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, January 6, the new Congress met for the first time. New Congressman Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) was sworn in, as well as a new Republican Majority in the US Senate. The Republican Party controls both Houses of the US Congress for the first time since 2006. Congressman Mo … Continued
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January 7, 2015

Alabama Republicans Comment on Judge’s Ruling that Executive Amnesty is Illegal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, December 16, A Federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that President Obama’s recent Executive action on immigration is unconstitutional. Alabama’s Republican leaders were quick to respond to the news. US Representative Bradley Byrne (R from Montrose) wrote on Facebook, “One federal judge has already deemed President Obama’s … Continued
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December 18, 2014

Brooks And Rogers Vote Against CRomnibus

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, December 11, Congressmen Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) and Mike Rogers (R-Saks) both voted “No” on passage of H.R. 83, a $1.013 trillion, 1,600-page Continuing Resolution/Omnibus spending bill (nicknamed “CROmnibus”) that funds the government to the next fiscal year which begin on October 1. Representative Brooks said that the … Continued
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December 18, 2014

Roby and Brooks Praise Passage of Secret Science Reform Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter BIRMINGHAM—On Wednesday the Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed the Secret Science Reform Act which would prohibit EPA from using studies that do not reveal all the details of the research. Representatives Martha Roby (R – Montgomery) and Mo Brooks (R – Huntsville) both voted for the legislation … Continued
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November 21, 2014