Tag: Terri Sewell
Legislators react to Kabul attack, soldier deaths
Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, Associated Press reported. The attacks killed at least...
Retired Circuit Judge Bobby Ray Aderholt has died
Retired Circuit Judge Bobby Ray Aderholt, father of Congressman Robert Aderholt, has died, after a brief battle with cancer. He passed away...
Terri Sewell gets no support from delegation on Voting Rights Act
Reps. Mo Brooks and Barry Moore vowed to vote against H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Introduced by Alabama's own Terri Sewell,...
House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law
House Democrats have passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law weakened by the Supreme Court over the past...
Terri Sewell introduces bipartisan bill to ensure patients have access to...
Rep. Terri Sewell joined legislators Fred Upton, Debbie Dingell, and Vern Buchanan to introduce H.R. 5067, the Preserving Patient Access to...
Democrats unveil plan to update landmark voting law
House Democrats on Tuesday put forward a new proposal to update the landmark Voting Rights Act, seeking against long odds to revive...
HUD Secretary heads to Birmingham to sell Joe Biden’s $1 trillion...
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia L. Fudge will be in Birmingham to promote the Biden-Harris Administration’s Build Back Better agenda. The visit comes after the...
$2.8 million awarded to Alabama historic sites
Rep. Terri Sewell announced Wednesday that over $2.8 million in funding from the National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Grant Program...
Alabama congressional delegation responds to first day of testimony in January...
In early July, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to create a committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S....
Jerry Carl joins Terri Sewell in supporting Disaster Reforestation Act
Congressman Jerry Carl announced his sponsorship of the Disaster Reforestation Act of 2021, which is bipartisan legislation to help timber growers recover from...
