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On Thursday, January 22 tens of thousands of marchers (including many from Alabama) were in Washington D.C. to protest what they believe is the ongoing slaughter of millions of unborn American children. U.S. Representative Gary Palmer and Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead released statements on the annual March for Life event in Washington D.C. and the House passage of legislation to make the federal funding of abortions illegal.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley congratulated the City of Birmingham Thursday for its successful bid to host the 2021 World Games, and praised Alabama's Southern hospitality.
"Congratulations to the city of Birmingham on being chosen to host the 2021 World Games," Bentley said in a statement. "Alabama has so much to offer and we are eager to roll out the red carpet for our national and international guests."
Denying any part in an organized coup against House Speaker John Boehner, the newest Alabama congressman, Gary Palmer, told Boehner last September he would not vote for him if elected.
U.S. Representative Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, announced late Thursday that he will co-sponsor a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, to block what a news release from Palmer's office calls the Obama administration's "unconstitutional attempt to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants by executive fiat."
Palmer -- newly sworn in as the representative for the Alabama 6th District -- is referring to executive orders on immigration issued by Obama in November.
Aderholt's bill, H.R. 191, would block the funds needed to implement Obama's order.
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, who was sworn in this week as the representative for the Alabama 6th District in the U.S. House, had a busy first week on the job in Washington, D.C.
--Palmer, along with more than 20 other conservative Republican representatives, cast a politically risky vote against Speaker of the House John Boehner.
--He announced that he would co-sponsor pieces of legislation regarding immigration and abortion.
On the seventh floor of a Washington, D.C. steakhouse with a stunning view of the U.S. Capitol, Gary Palmer is grinning ear to ear. That initially wouldn't seem particularly notable, considering he was closing out an exciting first day as a member of the U.S. House, but it stands out because it was his smile — or lack thereof — that made his unlikely rise from think tank president to U.S. Congressman so unexpected.
Rep. Gary Palmer cast his voice vote Tuesday to nominate Jeff Sessions - a senator - to be Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives to honor Sessions, he said in a statement.
Palmer, who was sworn in Tuesday as the new representative for Alabama's 6th district, told voters in his campaign that he wouldn't vote for Rep. John Boehner, who faced some opposition from fellow Republicans in his effort to keep the speakership.
Less than 24 hours before Alabama's Gary Palmer is sworn into the House of Representatives for the first time, the conservative Republican explained to Newsmax that he will cast his first vote to oppose the re-election of Speaker John Boehner.
"I cannot vote for Mr. Boehner and personally told him that in September," said Palmer, former chief development officer for the conservative Alabama Policy Institute, who in July won the Republican nomination to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Spencer Bachus in the state's 6th District (Birmingham).