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Alabama voters shook up the state's congressional delegation Tuesday, throwing out one Republican incumbent and sending four candidates to runoffs in a district redrawn by a federal court to give Black voters greater opportunity to elect a representative of their choice.
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The Central Intelligence Agency fired a woman whose whistleblower account of being assaulted in a stairwell at the spy agency's headquarters prompted a flood of colleagues to come forward with their own complaints of sexual misconduct. The woman's attorney called the action a brazen retaliation. Her alleged attacker is a CIA staffer from Alabama.
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This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker, a Republican who vowed to "never quit," and then did just that. The U.S. Senate approved the last military promotions blockaded by Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, ending his months long campaign over the Pentagon’s travel policy related to abortion.
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A collection of U.S. House members, and at least one U.S. Senator say they’re leaving Congress. The website Politico reports this surge of departures over the past three weeks puts Capitol Hill on pace have more members retire before the next election than in any similar cycle over the past decade. Alabama’s new black majority House District is expected to add to the chaos. And, the implications are considered huge.
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Alabama’s newest Congressional district may prompt a rare political battle in the State. Namely, two current Republican Congressmen fighting for their party’s nomination for one available seat in the U.S. House. The primary fight, if it happens, would be due to a newly redrawn set of voting district lines that creates an overlap with two previously GOP territories.
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"Embarrassing," "chaotic" and "irresponsible." And those were just the words that House Republicans used to describe the past three weeks as they removed one speaker from office and splintered over three successive nominees before finally landing on House member Mike Johnson, R-La. A possible Democratic win in Alabama is another concern.
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Alabama GOP house member Gary Palmer is no longer running for Speaker of the U.S. House. He was one of nine names floated to replace former leader Kevin McCarthy. One, House member Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania, dropped out. Palmer is the second.
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Gary Palmer (pictured left) is one of eight candidates to replace Kevin McCarthy. A closed door Republican meeting failed to reach consensus on who should hold the gavel. Palmer’s record is coming under scrutiny following his decision to run for Speaker. The UCLA Promise Institute lists him as an election skeptic regarding the 2020 Presidential race. Axios ranks Palmer with the highest number of bills making it out of the House.
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None of the Republican members of Alabama’s U.S. House delegation jumped ship during today’s historic ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. A preliminary head count by CNN and the Los Angeles Times listed GOP House members Matt Gaetz of Florida, Andy Biggs and Eli Crane of Arizona, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Bob Good of Virginia, Matt Rosendale of Montana, Ken Buck of Colorado, and Nancy Mace of South Carolina as having voted with Democrats to remove the embattled Speaker.
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Alabama Congressman-Elect Dale Strong remains a Congressman-Elect after three failed votes to sit a Speaker. The GOP needs to pick a leader before freshman members can be sworn in.