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An Alabama congressman is praising the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid for giving doctors one year to transition to a new coding system tied to payments a month after he introduced a bill that gives doctors' offices a two-year grace period to implement the system, known as ICD-10.

The U.S. House of Representatives returns Tuesday after a weeklong holiday recess ready to tackle a busy July agenda. They'll begin with a vote on three noncontroversial bills under suspension of the rules.

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Saturday was the Fourth of July, and many members of Congress, including most of the Alabama Delegation in the US House of Representatives, took the time to post messages to their constituents and followers on social media.

Today, families across Alabama and the country celebrate the birth of the greatest nation on Earth, the United States of America. 239 years ago our Founding Fathers risked it all and declared their independence in hopes of creating a nation of liberty, freedom, and endless opportunity for all.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama joined eight other states in a lawsuit Tuesday against the Environmental Protection Agency regarding a new rule that expands its authority over small bodies of water that accumulate in ditches, local streams, and farmland.