On Thursday, Wells Griffith, a Republican hopeful to fill the seat Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, is soon to vacate, made his first big splash on YouTube with a two-minute video touting his candidacy. The video was shot at his family’s historic Shell service station on Government Street in Mobile, and Griffith frames himself as both […]

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, announced that he and Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va. would be launching a bi-partisan effort to promote public-private partnerships to build and maintain the nation’s infrastructure. According to a press release put out Tuesday afternoon, their endeavor will be known as the Congressional Caucus on Public-Private Partnerships […]

In an interview with Mobile CBS affiliate WKRG that aired Sunday night, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, reacted to the controversy surrounding the National Security Agency (NSA) with the allegations even low-level bureaucrats within the organization have the ability to search the private emails and phone calls of Americans. Sessions told WKRG that it was only […]

In a speech Thursday on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, attacked President Barack Obama on the economy, just as the president is launching a PR campaign to promote his economic agenda. Sessions spent the early part of the summer as the chief opponent of the so-called “Gang of Eight” immigration […]

Above: Becky Gerritson on Fox News Channel’s ‘Your World’ “I think it’s like the captain of the Titanic calling the iceberg phony,” she said. “I think the only phony thing going on is the narrative the White House is trying to push off on the American people.” On Fox News Channel’s “Your World” on Thursday, […]

Above: Sen. Shelby’s full remarks from today on the floor of the U.S. Senate On Thursday, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, gave a wide-ranging speech on the Senate floor on jobs and the economy, during which he derided government spending, tax policy, over regulation and the fed’s monetary policy. In his opening remarks, Shelby called out […]

Democrats holding public office in Alabama have become something of an endangered species. The party lost its last held-statewide office in November 2012 election when Twinkle Cavanaugh defeated Lucy Baxley by an 8 percent margin for the Alabama Public Service Commission presidency. The party now exists in the mostly urban and minority-dominated parts of Alabama. And […]

BREAKING: @RepJoBonner is moving his resignation date up to Aug. 2. More from @jeff_poor shortly. #alpolitics #al01 — Yellowhammer (@YHPolitics) July 23, 2013 WASHINGTON — In May, Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, announced his resignation from the U.S. House, which he said was to occur on August 15. However, earlier this month Gov. Robert Bentley publicly […]

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday on Capitol Hill, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the impact of sequestration on national security and the economy. The committee was chaired by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., but Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, was the ranking member of the Republican caucus. In his opening remarks, Sessions gave a scathing […]

Ever since announcing his candidacy back at the beginning of June, former Alabama state senator and two-year college chancellor Bradley Byrne has been one of the front-runners, if not the front-runner, for Alabama’s First Congressional District seat soon to be vacated by U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile. But there are still those out there doubting […]

WASHINGTON – Tuesday night on the floor of the U.S. House, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, railed against the so-called “Gang of Eight” immigration reform legislation that passed the U.S. Senate last month. Brooks laid out what he called “the myths of amnesty and immigration reform” and detailed why they would be bad for the U.S. […]

WASHINGTON – Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, along with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. and three other Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives, staged an event on Tuesday at Washington D.C.’s Two Rivers Public Charter School to call for reforms to the Bush-era “No Child Left Behind” law. “Politicians have tried for decades […]

WASHINGTON – In 2010 after his failed bid to secure the Democratic nomination for Alabama governor, then-U.S. Rep. Artur Davis made a rather unceremonious exit from the Alabama political stage. But two years later, Davis reemerged in shocking fashion by switching from Democratic Party to the Republican Party, which landed him a primetime speaking slot […]

WASHINGON – On Tuesday, Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, released a letter he submitted to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., that called on the Senate’s leading Democrat to bring a vote on the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, to floor of the U.S. Senate. “As you know, the United […]

Today, the 2013 Young Republican National Convention will convene in Mobile for GOP-centric speakers, events, and meetings that will last through Sunday. The convention will feature keynote speakers Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, and Gov. Robert Bentley, as well as luncheon events with U.S. Reps Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, and Kevin […]

As Egyptian military tanks made their way onto Cairo on Wednesday, the future of Mohamed Morsi regime as the ruling party in Egypt has become increasingly in question. President Barack Obama has taken a seemingly hands-off approach in dealing with the situation, which was indicated by his remarks earlier in the week in Tanzania. However, […]

With a lack of star power in their lineups, Minor League Baseball teams frequently rely on eye-catching promotions to lure fans to the ballpark. The Huntsville Stars’ July 4th home game with the Chattanooga Lookouts was going to feature that type of promotion: a Second Amendment Night with a giveaway of three gift certificates from […]

WASHINGTON – On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives the passed legislation requiring the White House to create a five-year plan allowing for the development of offshore oil-and-gas leases. Specifically, the bill requires the Secretary of the Interior to open up at least 50 percent of the available area within the Outer Continental Shelf to […]

WASHINGTON – Although the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill passed by a wide 68-32 margin in the U.S. Senate, the future of its passage in the House, which is a necessary hurdle for reach President Barack Obama’s desk and to be signed into law, is in question. The Senate failed to meet a 70-vote threshold […]

In a YouTube video posted on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, explained why the recent rash of scandals and controversies involving the Obama White House are a threat to Americans’ constitutional rights. “Across our great state and this country, Americans expect to be led by a government that’s both honest and accountable,” Rogers said. […]

Above: Rep. Jim McClendon appears on MSNBC to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision on the Voting Rights Act Rep. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, appeared on MSNBC’s “NewsNation” on Tuesday shortly following the announcement the Supreme Court had struck down Section 4 of Voting Rights Act, which effectively rendered the preclearance provisions in Section 5 meaningless. McClendon […]

WASHINGTON – Back in 2006, there were only two Alabama congressmen that voted against the renewal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which had parts declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, and then-Rep. Terry Everett, R-Rehobeth, were the only two of Alabama’s two senators and seven congressmen to […]

Above: Rep. Terri Sewell expresses her disappointment with the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act WASHINGTON – On Tuesday afternoon following the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Shelby Co. v. Holder case that struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, expressed her […]

Yellowhammer Politics has learned that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee, will be making another stop in Baldwin County in Spring 2014. According to Baldwin County GOP Chairman Matt Simpson, Palin is slated to appear on behalf of the Baldwin County Republican Party at the conference center at The Wharf in […]