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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.
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.
Alabama's own Rep. Mo Brooks(AL-05) and Rep. Gary Palmer(AL-06) practice what they preach when it comes to the 2nd Amendment — not only do they support the it with their votes in Congress, but they're also packing heat.
Saying that America faces a "gun violence epidemic" President Barack Obama announced Tuesday "a series of common-sense executive actions" to reduce gun violence that critics across the country contend infringes on Americans' constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
They may never talk about it or they may shout it from the rooftops, but dozens of members of Congress pack heat back home in their districts and may be on Capitol Hill, too.
Alabama Republican Mo Brooks, for example, minces no words when asked if he owns a firearm that he carries.
WASHINGTON — Alabama congressmen are gearing up for a fight with the Obama administration over the president's expected executive orders on gun control, which could come as early as this week.
Although Congress passed a bi-partisan budget deal on Friday to avert a government shutdown, only two members of the Alabama delegation followed the leaders of their parties' call to approve the omnibus bill that funds the government until September.