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Richard Shelby: Alabama’s greatest U.S. Senator

Our iconic senior United States Senator, Richard Shelby, turns 88 this week.
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May 4, 2022

Senate Appropriations Committee headed by Shelby advances spending bills

The Senate Committee on Appropriations today approved the FY2020 spending bills for the Appropriations Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; and Financial Services and General Government. The bills were each reported favorably out of the committee by a vote of … Continued
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September 25, 2019

Shelby calls for bipartisanship, “strategic” barriers during border security negotiations

During the first conference committee meeting in Congress to work out a deal on border security funding, Republican Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby called for bipartisanship and strategic border barriers. Shelby, who chairs the Senate appropriations committee and largely steered the budget bills passed to reopen the government, said physical barriers are needed not “from coast … Continued
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January 31, 2019