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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In a ruling late Monday night, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen of Texas halted the implementation President Obama's executive orders on immigration. Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Congressman Gary Palmer (R-AL6) and Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) welcomed the ruling.
In recognition of Black History Month, we remember the members of the 761st Tank Battalion, who hold a special place in American military history as the first black soldiers to go to war as part of an American armored unit.
Many people around Alabama already knew Gary Palmer before he won the District 6 U.S. House seat in November. His work with the Alabama Policy Institute had him involved in politics for some time, but there is something different when you move from analyst to lawmaker.
We talked to him about that recently and got insight on working in D.C.
1. You've been in Washington for a few weeks now. Any major surprises from just a daily routine standpoint? What has been the thing you've encountered that did surprise you?
WASHINGTON — Alabama's newest Congressman, Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL6), took his turn to grill President Obama's budget director in a House Budget Committee hearing Wednesday.
After recounting the Aesop's fable of the ant who prepared for the impending winter, and the grasshopper who starved because he didn't, Rep. Palmer told Obama budget director Shaun Donovan, "The fiscal winter is upon us, Mr. Donovan, and if this budget is any indication this administration is playing the role of the grasshopper."
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted largely along party lines to approve a bill by Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Fairhope, to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
The final vote was 239-186, with all but three Republicans in favor and all Democrats opposed. It was the 56th time the House has voted to junk the law known as Obamacare since Congress passed it in 2010.
"Obamacare is full of broken promises," Byrne said during the debate on the House floor preceding the vote.
MONTGOMERY, AL (WAFF) -
President Obama revealed his record $4 trillion spending plan to Congress on Monday, a budget that is being widely viewed as "dead on arrival."
Several Alabama lawmakers were vocally critical of Obama's budget package, which includes tax increases on wealthier Americans and the elimination of some spending caps to favor domestic and military programs.
On Wednesday, January 27, hundreds of Alabama school children and their parents joined Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) in a rally in front of the state capital demanding that the state of Alabama offer more education choices to students such as charter schools and expanding the controversial Alabama Accountability Act.
Freshman Rep. Gary Palmer traveled to the U.S. border with Mexico over the weekend as part of a 23-member bi-partisan Congressional delegation on border security. The trip, led by House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, included visits to border sites in California, Arizona, and Texas.
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."