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Entire Alabama delegation bucks Obama, votes to build Keystone Pipeline

Elizabeth BeShears - January 29, 2015

WASHINGTON -- It isn't often all nine of Alabama's Congressional delegates—7 members of the House and 2 Senators—agree on something, but they're all on...

Shelby-led committee passes tough Iran sanctions bill over White House objections

Elizabeth BeShears - January 29, 2015

WASHINGTON -- Alabama Senator Richard Shelby announced Thursday the approval of the “Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015” by the Banking, Housing, and...

Alabama congressman just became center of ObamaCare repeal efforts, here’s how

Elizabeth BeShears - January 29, 2015

WASHINGTON -- Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) introduced a bill yesterday that, if passed, would completely repeal ObamaCare, the President's healthcare law that the...

It’s time to legalize charter schools in Alabama (Opinion)

John R. Hill, Ph.D. - January 29, 2015

Since 1992, public charter schools have offered families in other states a choice when it comes to which public school their children can attend....

Sessions: Confirming Obama’s AG nominee would bring US closer to ‘constitutional tipping point’

Cliff Sims - January 29, 2015

http://youtu.be/FbjsvEjXLgo (Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions questions AG nominee Loretta Lynch during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing) “Who has more right to a job in this...

Shelby on 2016 re-election: ‘I’m in!’

Cliff Sims - January 28, 2015

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said today that he is officially "in" to run for re-election in 2016. Shelby was first elected to the...

Liberal SPLC files complaint against Roy Moore for ‘thumbing his nose at the federal courts’

Elizabeth BeShears - January 28, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an ethics complaint against Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore with the...

Bentley to Congress: Let states decide how to spend federal transportation money

Elizabeth BeShears - January 28, 2015

WASHINGTON -- Alabama Governor Robert Bentley addressed the Senate Environment and Public Works committee on behalf of the National Governors Association (NGA) Wednesday morning,...

Moore defiant again: ‘Nothing grants federal government authority to redefine marriage’

Elizabeth BeShears - January 27, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was famously booted from office in 2003 for defying a federal judge's order...

Shelby: Obama too soft on Iran, US should further sanction ‘world’s foremost sponsor of terrorism’

Elizabeth BeShears - January 27, 2015

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee, delivered remarks to the full committee Tuesday morning...

Students to descend on Alabama Capitol for nation’s largest school choice rally

Cliff Sims - January 27, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A school choice march and rally set to take place in Montgomery on Wednesday is expected to be the largest organized...

Former Sessions staffer favorite to win national Young Republicans chairmanship

Cliff Sims - January 26, 2015

ATLANTA, Ga. -- A former staffer for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is currently believed to be the frontrunner to win the chairmanship of the...

Yikes! Alabama’s only openly gay legislator threatens to expose colleagues’ extramarital affairs

Elizabeth BeShears - January 26, 2015

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Rep. Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham) celebrated the federal court ruling striking down Alabama's constitutional amendment on gay marriage, but she also has...

(VIDEO) Shelby: Obama’s ‘attack on the middle class’ is ‘dead on arrival’

Elizabeth BeShears - January 26, 2015

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com WASHINGTON -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) has a message for President Obama in response to his...

Democrats’ bill seeks to jail Alabamians for bringing guns to church

Elizabeth BeShears - January 26, 2015

If there are two things most Alabamians feel strongly about (not counting Alabama and Auburn), it's their church and their right to bear arms....

These Alabama high schools produced the highest scores on the state’s new standardized test

Elizabeth BeShears - January 23, 2015

Scores are in after Alabama 10th graders took a new, revamped state standardized test last year, and the results are a little tough to...

Hubbard slams ‘unelected, unaccountable judge’ for striking down Alabama’s gay marriage ban

Cliff Sims - January 23, 2015

AUBURN, Ala. -- Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard responded forcefully to news that a federal judge had overturned Alabama's ban on gay marriage Friday. "It...

Brooks: Current GOP border bill is a sham, ‘nothing substantive is being done’

Cliff Sims - January 23, 2015

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL5) on Thursday joined his Alabama colleague Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) in harshly criticizing a border security bill...

Rogers on Russian nuclear threat: ‘You don’t deal with a thug like Putin by asking nicely’

Elizabeth BeShears - January 22, 2015

WASHINGTON -- In a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL03) urged the...

Sessions pledges to use chairmanship to ‘give voice to those whose voice has been shut out’

Cliff Sims - January 22, 2015

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) officially announced on Thursday that he has been named chairman of a key subcommittee on each the Armed...

Artur Davis declares mayoral run ‘The campaign to decide Montgomery’s future’

Elizabeth BeShears - January 22, 2015

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- After months of speculation, former Congressman Artur Davis has officially declared he is running for Mayor in his hometown of Montgomery. In...

Famed economist: Sessions for VP in 2016

Cliff Sims - January 22, 2015

Famed economist and political philosopher Thomas Sowell wants a governor to become president in 2016, but also believes that one senator in particular could...

(VIDEO) Roby: Obama’s SOTU address full of ‘pie in the sky promises’

Elizabeth BeShears - January 21, 2015

WASHINGTON -- In response to the State of the Union address Tuesday night, U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL2) posted a video on her Facebook...

Sessions poised to takeover influential chairmanship atop immigration subcommittee

Elizabeth BeShears - January 21, 2015

WASHINGTON -- According to sources in Washington, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is poised to become chairman of the influential Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, refugees,...

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