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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.
The President's proposal includes:
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.
"I do have a concealed carry permit, as does my wife," Rep. Mo Brooks told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
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.
According to Politico, "the changes include requiring an expanded number of small-scale gun sellers to be licensed — and therefore conduct background checks — whenever selling a weapon. This wouldn't close the so-called gun show loophole, though it has the potential to narrow it.
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.
U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, and Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, were the only two "yes" votes for the omnibus in the House; both Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions voted against it in the Senate, as they previously indicated they would.
On Friday, December 18, the massive omnibus spending bill that funds the government until the end of September easily passed the US House of Representatives. US Representatives Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose), and Mike Rogers (R-Saks) each separately released statements explaining why they voted no on the legislation.
The only members of the Alabama congressional delegation to vote "yes" on the legislation were Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-Selma).
The U.S. House of Representativesapproved a $1.1 trillion spending bill by an overwhelming 316-113 vote Friday morning, wrapping up a frenzied month of legislating just in time for the lawmakers to head home for the holidays.
Us Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ) has spoken out against proposed environmental regulations and criticised it for the potential effects it would have on the coal industry. He indicated that the measures put forward by the Office of Natural Resources Revenie (ONRR) would have an impact on the valuation of federal onshore oil, natural gas and coal royalties.
Tuesday, December 8 U.S. Representative Gary Palmer (R from Hoover) warned that new rules to protect streams could cost 280,000 mining jobs.
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency is one of the most powerful and most feared regulatory agencies in the country. What was originally intended to be an agency with a relatively modest charter has become much more powerful. The EPA is now claiming unrestrained authority to issue regulations that have major negative consequences for the American economy with little or no accountability to Congress.