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What do talk radio host Matt Murphy and the youngest participant in the Selma to Montgomery march have in common? They'll both at President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address Tuesday night, as separate guests of members of Alabama's congressional delegation.
Murphy, who hosts his eponymous radio show on WAPI, will be the guest of Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, while voting rights activist Sheyann Webb-Christburg was invited by Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham.
While it may be a short legislative week, both the House and Senate will be in session starting Monday. There are two, big non-legislative events on the schedule this week: President Barack Obama will deliver his final State of the Union address Tuesday evening, and the Republican Conferences of both chambers leave Washington after voting Wednesday for their annual GOP retreat.
On Friday, January 8, 2015, President Obama’s vetoed a bill, HR3762, that would have dismantled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (popularly known as Obamacare), and eliminated federal funding for the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood.
On Wednesday, January 6, Congress passed HR3762, a budget "reconciliation" bill that repeals components of Obamacare and places a one-year moratorium on Planned Parenthood funding. The bill will now go to President Obama's desk. US Representatives Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose), and Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) released statements supporting the legislation.
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representativessent legislation to President Barack ObamaWednesday after voting to repeal his legacy health law in efforts to fulfill a 2014 promise to voters.
Washington D.C. – Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL) applauded the passage of Senate amendments to H.R. 3762, a budget "reconciliation" bill that repeals critical components of Obamacare. The bill also places a one-year moratorium on Planned Parenthood funding. The bill will now go to President Obama's desk.
CHELSEA— Congressman Gary Palmer will join several chambers of commerce Feb. 18 for an "Eggs and Issues" breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the new community center in Chelsea, 11101 County Road.
Palmer will provide an update on events in Washington.
On Tuesday, January 5 U.S. Representatives Gary Palmer (R from Hoover), Robert Aderholt (R from Haleyville) and Bradley Byrne (R from Montrose) all issued statement critical of President Barack H. Obama's effort to subvert Congress and the Constitution to restrict Americans right to purchase, possess and sell guns.
Representative Palmer condemned President Obama's executive orders concerning firearms as being both beyond the scope of his Constitutional power and ineffective at stopping gun violence.