In his new book, “My Conference Can Beat Your Conference: Why the SEC Still Rules College Football,” sports talk radio host and SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum writes in great detail about Alabama head football coach Nick Saban. In a lengthy excerpt from the book posted on The Wall St. Journal’s website over the weekend, […]

During an appearance on Matt Murphy’s Birmingham-area conservative talk radio program Friday morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said that he believes Obama’s refusal to enforce U.S. immigration laws should be part of the lawsuit being brought against him by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). The House Speaker in mid-July filed suit against the president for […]

President Obama announced on Thursday that he had authorized “targeted airstrikes” and humanitarian airdrops in Iraq to both protect U.S. military personnel and to assist religious minorities trapped on a mountain and under siege by Islamic militants. Obama said the United States “cannot turn a blind eye” while Iraqis face the possibility of “genocide.” Rep. […]

Bills to secure our border, improve the economy, rein in overreach, and much more are #StuckInTheSenate: http://t.co/kCyUCxUzZz — Rep. Bradley Byrne (@RepByrne) August 6, 2014 President Obama has dubbed the current Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives the “do-nothing Congress.” That narrative has been trumpeted by Democrats across the country and amplified by […]

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL5) has found himself the unexpected center of national attention this week after an appearance on Laura Ingraham’s radio program, during which he asserted that Democrats are engaging in a “war on whites.” Brooks’ comments were made in response to National Journal columnist Ron Fournier, who said that the Republican Party has […]

The United States Senate began a five-week recess on Friday, in spite of it having not voted on a package to address the border crisis before leaving town. But while the body as a whole is on vacation, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) remains in D.C., and even went to the floor of the empty Senate […]

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the United States has over the past twenty-three years gone from a manufacturing-centered economy to one that is reliant on the health care and social assistance industry to provide jobs for the largest percentage of its citizens. “In 1990, the manufacturing industry was the leading employer in […]

The Wall St. Journal over the weekend released an op-ed slamming conservatives in Congress for pushing House leadership to pass a tougher immigration package late last week. Dubbing them the “deportation caucus,” the Journal harshly criticized House conservatives, including Alabama’s delegation who led the charge, warning that they may be jeopardizing Republicans’ chances to take […]

United States District Judge Myron Thompson on Monday ruled that an Alabama law passed in 2013 requiring abortion doctors to have hospital admitting privileges is unconstitutional. In Thompson’s lengthy opinion, he wrote that “The evidence compellingly demonstrates that the requirement would have the striking result of closing three of Alabama’s five abortion clinics, clinics which […]

Good news: More veterans will have access to quality care and problem VA employees will be more easily terminated under VA reform legislation passed by Congress and sent to the President this week. I’m particularly pleased that my priorities – enhancing access to local, non-VA providers, and removing legal barriers to fire problem employees – […]

In early July, President Obama asked Congress for a $3.7 billion emergency appropriation to deal with the tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children flooding into the United States. An estimated 57,000 Central American children have entered the country illegally over the past nine months, and many conservatives believe it was caused — at least […]