House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has abandoned the House’s migrant crisis funding bill in favor of the Senate’s less radical version, which includes some of the Democrats’ many pro-migration priorities.
GOP leaders in the Senate approved a $4.6 billion budget to fund an orderly Central American migration into the United States — even though the bill excludes any steps to reduce the crisis and also gives multiple pro-migration wins to Democrats.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) blocked a unanimous consent vote Friday on a disaster relief bill because the bill lacked any humanitarian relief or border security funding.
Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Thursday introduced the No Leniency for Terrorists Act of 2019, a bill that would make convicted terrorists ineligible for early release from prison due to “good behavior.” Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL) introduced companion legislation in the House.
The Senate closed a last-minute deal with President Donald Trump on a disaster aid package on Thursday.
A U.S. federal prison is expected to release John Walker Lindh, an allegedly unrepentant jihadi known as the “American Taliban,” on Thursday, years before the end of his 20-year sentence reportedly due to good conduct and time served before his trial.
“We couldn’t get here fast enough,” Trump said. “I wanted to come the day it happened.”
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, explained why he was not supporting a measure that would block President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring an emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Democratic leaders directed their deputies on the 2019 border security panel to hide their negotiating victories from President Donald Trump, according to the Washington Post.
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,” Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) called on President Donald Trump to “respect” U.S. intelligence agency leaders. Discussing Trump’s public disagreement with some intelligence assessments, host Jake Tapper asked, “Does this politicizing of
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
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) said on Thursday that America might face a partial government shutdown, noting that Congress has yet to strike a deal on funding a border wall along America’s southern border.
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.
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.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steven K. Bannon on Breitbart News Tonight after the Judge Roy Moore rally in Alabama that Roy Moore and other populists rock Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and other establishment Republicans’ “comfy little boat.”
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
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.
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.
