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U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Taxpayer Funding for Abortion

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015” in a mostly partisan 242-179 vote, that saw three Democrats vote for it and one Republican vote against it. All of Alabama’s Republican representatives voted in favor of the bill. The House passed the

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ALGOP Responds to Hagel Nomination

ALGOP CHAIR RESPONDS TO HAGEL NOMINATION Montgomery, AL – Bill Armistead, Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party issued the following statement today after the United States Senate voted to confirm President Obama’s nominee, former Senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense: “I want to express my thanks to Senator Sessions for standing up against President

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Immigration And The Welfare State

Immigration And The Welfare State New Data Reveals How The Obama Administration Defies Federal Law   It is an explicit and unambiguous tenet in federal law that those granted entry into the U.S. must be able to support themselves financially. But the Obama Administration has aggressively defied this strict federal statute.­ What are new promises worth

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ROBY: “Mr. President, the sequester was your idea”

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Martha Roby and the House Republican Leadership today pressed the White House for active leadership in finding a way to avoid sequester military cuts, reminding President Obama that the threatened cuts were his idea to begin with. “The President last night said that the sequester was a bad idea.

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Sessions Receives Naval Distinguished Public Service Award

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Ranking member of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, received the Distinguished Public Service Award today from the Department of the Navy, its highest award given to those outside naval service. Sessions issued the following statement:   “I am moved and humbled by this

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Aderholt Supports the Require a PLAN Act

Aderholt Supports the Require a PLAN Act Legislation would require the White House to show clear path to a balanced budget Washington, D.C. — Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) released the following statement in support of H.R. 444, the Require a PLAN Act, that passed today in the House: “This week, the White House once again missed

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Sessions Comments On Projected 80 Percent Growth In Welfare Spending

“We must return to the moral principles of the 1996 reform and the idea that, over time, welfare damages not only the Treasury but the recipient.” WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today concerning the projection, based on Congressional Research Service data, that welfare spending

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REP. BROOKS PROPOSES AMENDMENT TO FUND AID FOR HURRICANE SANDY VICTIMS

Washington, D.C. – Last night, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) appeared before the House Rules Committee and presented an amendment to H.R. 152, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, that would fund approximately $21 billion in Hurricane Sandy relief costs. Brooks’ amendment diverts funds from foreign aid to natural disaster aid for American victims on American soil. Rep.

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