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On this weekend’s broadcast of on “Fox News Sunday,” Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) said congressional talks on border security were “stalled,” which could lead to another government shutdown. One of the Republicans negotiators, Shelby said, “I think

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) said President Donald Trump was not talking about building a concrete wall on U.S.-Mexico border he is “talking about steel barriers.” Shelby said, “I think it’s what you call it.

The four GOP Senators picked for the border security conference committee are not leaders in the high-risk immigration issue, ensuring the Senate Majority Leader and the president will decide the next stage of the immigraiton and border wall controversy.

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) said the government shutdown made lawmakers look “silly.” Shelby said, “Our negotiations are at an impasse at the moment. I wish it were not so. We’ve got to move away

The Republican-led Senate has passed a Defense appropriations bill that includes funding both Planned Parenthood and research that uses the fetal tissue from aborted babies.

Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) said the Senate was trying to avoid a government shutdown, and they did not have the money for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump has

McConnell said he was “somewhat optimistic” about his conversations with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer regarding “a higher level of cooperation” with the budget appropriations process in 2018.

Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Doug Jones has a new advertisement attacking his Republican opponent Roy Moore on the basis that Moore was unable to earn the vote of fellow Republican Sen. Richard Shelby. The ad, entitled “Shelby,” described Moore as having

Earlier this week, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) revealed he did not vote for his party’s nominee, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, in the special election for U.S. Senate scheduled to take place on December 12. “No, no,

Former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones, the liberal Democrat running against Judge Roy Moore for U.S. Senate, is featuring first daughter Ivanka Trump in his television ad playing across Alabama.

In an appearance on CNN on Thursday, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) reacted to comments from former White House chief strategist and Breitbart executive chairman Steve Bannon saying that establishment Republicans were “in full collapse.” Bannon, quoted by the Financial Times

Wednesday on MSNBC, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) said he was going to “support the party” and back former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, the GOP nominee for a special election for the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Jeff

Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) defended Attorney General Jeff Sessions, his former U.S. Senate colleague from Alabama, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s continuing criticisms of him. Shelby said, “Well, he is a strong guy a man

President Donald Trump continued criticizing his own Attorney General Tuesday as support for Jeff Sessions poured in from across the political right.

Gov. Robert Bentley (R-AL) announced Thursday he had selected Alabama state Attorney General Luther Strange to replace Jeff Sessions, who was confirmed as U.S. Attorney General a day earlier, in the United States Senate. “This is truly a remarkable time

Two members of the Texas congressional delegation filed a bill designed to protect the right of states to reject refugees.

The Alabama Republican senator, who “introduced” Sen. Jeff B. Sessions III (R.-Ala.) to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday told Breitbart News he was thrilled to stand by his friend. The senator watched as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s attorney general nominee handled himself with poise and intelligence during the day’s confirmation hearing.

A Capitol Hill source familiar with Scott’s motivations for speaking out in favor of Sessions told Breitbart News Scott’s statement was not prompted by Booker’s break of protocol. Rather, the source said, Scott was motivated by his own friendship and working relationship with Sessions, whose reputation under an unfair attack.

Ten days before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes over the executive branch, his top cabinet nominees are scheduled to appear on Capitol Hill in front of the appropriate Senate committees before upper chamber votes on whether to confirm them for federal service.

Instead of a swift removal from the U.S. back home, the Obama Administration, under the auspices of complying with a 2008 anti-trafficking law, has been transferring the illegal immigrants minors to the care of Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)’ and then to parents and relatives living — in many cases illegally — in the U.S. already.

Donald Trump posted one of his biggest wins on Super Tuesday in Alabama, winning the state by more than 20 points. His campaign, fueled by animosity towards the political establishment in Washington, however, provided no lift to two high-profile challengers to Republican incumbents.

As expected, both Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton scored victories in their presidential primaries in the state of Alabama on Tuesday. Immediately after the polls closed at 7 p.m. local time, most major news outlets gave

Jonathan McConnell, 33-year-old former Marine captain and small business owner, is challenging Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala for his Senate seat.

Alabama’s senators are calling on the Obama administration to reject any proposals to house unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors at the Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery.

As Republicans in Congress race to complete their work on an end-of-year spending package before the holidays, any attempt to reform or curtail President Obama’s plan to resettle 10,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq is being left on the legislative floor.

As the government’s funding deadline approaches, Senior Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Richard Shelby and Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Sessions warn that unless changes are made, “The omnibus [spending bill] would put the U.S. on a path to approve admission for hundreds of thousands of migrants from a broad range of countries with jihadists movements.”

Alabama’s senior and junior senators took Attorney General Loretta Lynch to task this week for saying her “greatest fear” following the San Bernardino Islamic terrorist attacks is of anti-Muslim backlash.

“Any violent crime is tragic, but the fact that the senseless death in San Francisco arose directly from a ‘sanctuary city’ deliberately obstructing policies to remove illegal immigrants who have committed crimes is appalling and inexcusable,” Shelby, the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-Science, says.

There’s no amount of money that will protect any House Republican who supports Obamatrade from primary challenges that may emerge and chase many of them out of office.

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) lives in the basement apartment in a house owned by his executive assistant, Kay Webber, which he has listed as his primary address on official forms. Now public records show Webber accompanied Cochran on dozens of

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On Monday, the Steering Committee of the Alabama Republican Party passed a resolution demanding that Sen. Richard Shelby retract his support of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to be Secretary of Defense, according to a report in the American Spectator. The

House Republicans are scheduled to caucus around 1 p.m. on Tuesday about the “fiscal cliff” deal that Vice President Joe Biden cut late yesterday with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. It’s unclear if House Republicans will support the bill that