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Thursday, October 28, US Representative Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) voted against HR1314, The Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015. The bill would increase the spending caps established by the Budget Control Act (a.k.a. sequestration) for the fiscal year 2016-2017 by a combined $80 billion, divided equally between defense and non-defense spending. The deal also suspends the debt limit until March 15, 2017, allowing for an estimated $1.5 trillion in new federal debt on top of the $18.4 trillion that we already owe.

On Thursday, October 29, US Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) was selected by his House Republican colleagues to be the successor to the retiring Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). US Representatives Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) and Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) both made statements upon the election of Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House.

WASHINGTON — Six-to-one votes are not uncommon among Alabama's congressional delegation. With six Republicans and only one Democrat, many votes fall along partisan lines. But a six-to-one vote this week was a bit more unusual. While Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL7) joined five Alabama Republicans in supporting the reauthorization of the controversial Export-Import Bank, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6) broke with his GOP colleagues to vote against what many conservatives have called "corporate welfare."

Alabama lawmakers welcomed the newly elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Rep. Paul Ryan(R-Wis.) as he took over the post from outgoing speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) Thursday morning.

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So far three of Alabama's seven lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have reacted to the election of Rep. Paul Ryan(R-WI) to succeed John Boehner as the 54th Speaker of the House. They've stated they're pleased with the election and are willing to work with Ryan.

Here's what they had to say:

Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Dist 1) said:

As expected, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., was elected the next speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday, a day after a closed-door meeting of Republicans made him the GOP nominee. Ryan won with 236 votes, or 28 more than he needed to win the election.

No members of Alabama's congressional delegation voted for Ryan's main Republican rival for speaker, Daniel Webster of Florida, despite Webster being endorsed from the House Freedom Caucus, a group of conservative Republicans that counts two Alabamians as members.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL) joined his fellow members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today in co-sponsoring a resolution to begin proceedings to impeach Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen.

Alabama Congressman Gary Palmer (AL-06) and 18 other Republican members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee introduced a resolution Tuesday to start impeachment proceedings against