http://youtu.be/5dENaCFek0M (Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions grills Obama’s Budget Director Shaun Donovan) WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Tuesday turned up the heat on President Obama’s budget director Shaun Donovan during a contentious committee hearing on the Administration’s proposed budget for the 2016 fiscal year. “Working Americans today are not doing well. Since 2007 […]

WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives voted Tuesday afternoon to repeal ObamaCare in its entirety—the first such vote since the GOP took control of the Senate in November. The bill “to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010,” was […]

WASHINGTON — In a rare move, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Tuesday called out two Senate Republicans by name, bringing to the forefront tensions that have been simmering below the surface for weeks. “It is time for Senator Cruz and Senator Sessions and Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats to stand with the American people […]

MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley told a group of state legislators and Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce members Monday that he is pursuing “bold” options to raise taxes in the coming year. The governor estimates a $700 million shortfall in the state’s General Fund for the coming fiscal year—approximately $250 million required to […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Conservative free market group the Alabama Free Market Alliance (AFMA) on Monday published their annual list of the liberal groups to watch in 2015. One of Yellowhammer’s top 5 conservative organizations in Alabama in 2013, AFMA is a grassroots group dedicated to “educating Alabamians on conservative, free-market principles and mobilizing them as […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) last week became the center of the push to repeal and replace ObamaCare when news broke that House Leadership had chosen his bill as their repeal legislation of choice. On Monday, Byrne’s bill got another boost with the endorsement of Heritage Action for America, arguably the most influential […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead sent out an email to members of the GOP Monday morning expressing some of the reasons he believes Hillary Clinton won’t be the next President of the United States. “Democrats and the media have been anxiously awaiting Hillary’s ascendancy to the White House as the first […]

WASHINGTON — Three members of Alabama’s Congressional delegation unloaded on President Obama’s budget proposal Monday, calling it “disappointing,” and “outside the realm of reality.” Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions and Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) spoke out Monday against the proposal, and they didn’t pull any punches. “President Obama’s budget blueprint is once again full […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions chastised his Democratic colleagues on the Senate floor Friday for refusing to voice opposition to what Sessions describes as President Obama’s “executive amnesty.” “Are you afraid to say to the President of the United States, ‘we don’t agree with this and we’re not going to fund this?’” Sessions asked […]

WASHINGTON — In an interview with Bloomberg Thursday, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the chairman of the Banking committee, signaled support for auditing the Federal Reserve. “I’m very interested in some type of audit of the Fed, especially their portfolio,” he said. “I don’t want to be a member of the board of governors of the […]

WASHINGTON — It isn’t often all nine of Alabama’s Congressional delegates—7 members of the House and 2 Senators—agree on something, but they’re all on the same page when it comes to building the Keystone Pipeline. Terri Sewell (D-AL7), the state’s only Democrat in Congress, bucked her Party’s leadership — including the White House — to […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Senator Richard Shelby announced Thursday the approval of the “Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2015” by the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee, which he chairs. “I am pleased that the Banking Committee has approved legislation in a bipartisan manner that would impose additional sanctions should Iran fail to reach an […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Congressman Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) introduced a bill yesterday that, if passed, would completely repeal ObamaCare, the President’s healthcare law that the non-partisan Congressional Budge Office estimates will cost taxpayers at least $1.5 trillion over the next decade. Byrne’s bill “to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions […]

Since 1992, public charter schools have offered families in other states a choice when it comes to which public school their children can attend. Charter schools are public schools that are publicly funded, tuition-free, and must enroll any student who wishes to attend as long as there is capacity for them. They are authorized through […]

http://youtu.be/FbjsvEjXLgo (Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions questions AG nominee Loretta Lynch during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing) “Who has more right to a job in this country: a lawful immigrant who’s here, a green card holder, or a citizen, or a person who entered the country unlawfully?” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Wednesday posed that […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said today that he is officially “in” to run for re-election in 2016. Shelby was first elected to the Senate in 1986 and prior to that served for 8 years in the U.S. House. With roughly four decades of experience under his belt and thanks to the newly elected […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an ethics complaint against Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore with the Judicial Inquiry Commission of Alabama Wednesday following Chief Justice Moore’s comments and letter to Alabama Governor Robert Bentley regarding federal judge Callie Granade’s gay marriage ruling. “We write to lodge a […]

WASHINGTON — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley addressed the Senate Environment and Public Works committee on behalf of the National Governors Association (NGA) Wednesday morning, asking Congress to pass a long-term plan for investing in transportation and infrastructure needs. In his testimony, which can be read in full here, Gov. Bentley stressed the need for flexibility […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was famously booted from office in 2003 for defying a federal judge’s order to remove a 10 commandments monument from the Alabama Supreme Court building, suggested in a letter Tuesday that he would also defy a recent federal court ruling overturning Alabama’s constitutional ban […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee, delivered remarks to the full committee Tuesday morning stressing the importance of continuing sanctions on Iran. Today, we will hear from our witnesses on the role that economic sanctions have played in influencing Iran’s illegal nuclear program. Iran has […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A school choice march and rally set to take place in Montgomery on Wednesday is expected to be the largest organized event during National School Choice Week, an annual nationwide education reform push that takes place each January. Over 10,000 school choice-focused events are scheduled to take place around the country this […]

ATLANTA, Ga. — A former staffer for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is currently believed to be the frontrunner to win the chairmanship of the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF), the oldest political youth organization in the United States and one of the nation’s largest and most active Republican grassroots advocacy groups. Meagan Myers Hanson, a […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Rep. Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham) celebrated the federal court ruling striking down Alabama’s constitutional amendment on gay marriage, but she also has a message for her colleagues who have been outspoken against it on moral grounds. “I will not stand by and allow legislators to talk about ‘family values’ when they have affairs, […]

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) has a message for President Obama in response to his latest tax proposal: “It’s not going anywhere.” In last week’s State of the Union Address and in subsequent remarks, Obama outlined a plan that would raise taxes on businesses and […]