Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6]

Progressive Breakfast

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

...… While most of the amendment votes fell along party lines, fissures on the Republican side of the dais emerged early on. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) offered an amendment that would delay until 2015 the provision making it a crime to be unlawfully pr

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House Committee Would Criminalize Being Undocumented

2013-06-19T01:00:00Z

...America,” she said. John Conyers, D-Mich., added, “This is not only a terrible proposal but an inhumane policy as well.” Rep. Spencer Bachus, R.Ala., offered an amendment that would have delayed criminalization until 2015, thereby allowing time fo

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Dodd-Frank's immigration lessons

2013-06-15T01:00:00Z

...Heather Vaughan responded by email. “Congressman Neugebauer is in fact a respected expert on Dodd-Frank.”) — And Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) had “an unfortunate inclination to sound dumb in public,” although he “was actually an intelligent

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Flag amendment introduced in Senate

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

...Constitution's 28th amendment. The House version of the flag-amendment proposal, H.J. Res. 47, was introduced May 22 by Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., and Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill. "On this Flag Day, tens of millions of Americans will be inspired by th

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Flag amendment introduced in Senate

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

...Constitution's 28th amendment.Â The House version of the flag-amendment proposal, H.J. Res. 47, was introduced May 22 by Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., and Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill. "On this Flag Day, tens of millions of Americans will be inspired by

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Alabama Congressman leading effort for Constitutional flag protection amendment

2013-06-14T01:00:00Z

...to begin to take steps to honor and protect the most recognized symbol of freedom and democracy in the world." Rep. Spencer Bachus The flag protection measure originates in the Senate and is sponsored by Utah Senator Orrin Hatch . The resolution propose

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Looking at the Mavericks in the House Voting on DACA

2013-06-10T01:00:00Z

...Island and part of Brooklyn. I wonder if he is spending too much time reading the hometown paper, the New York Times. Spencer Bachus is a puzzle to me; he represents suburban Birmingham and has an A voting record with NumbersUSA. I can understand — if

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GOP Backs Amendment to Deport 'DREAMers'

2013-06-06T01:00:00Z

...McIntyre of North Carolina. Just six Republicans voted “no”: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, Michael G. Grimm of New York, Spencer Bachus of Alabama, and Jeff Denham and Devin Nunes of California. Democrats sought to bring attention to the amendment

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House sends message on deportation

2013-06-06T01:00:00Z

...Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), left negotiations following disputes over health care. Six Republicans opposed the amendment: Spencer Bachus of Alabama, Jeff Denham of California, Michael Grimm of New York, Devin Nunes of California, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Flo

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Hensarling keeps finance in line

2013-05-29T01:00:00Z

...role in the economy must be greatly reduced. Continue Reading Hensarling’s approach marks a shift from his predecessor, Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), who was less concerned about sticking to a strict set of talking points, which at times caused tensio

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Obama OKs honor for Birmingham bombing victims

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963 in defiance of racial segregation. Reps. Terri Sewell, a Democrat, and Spencer Bachus, a Republican, led the Alabama congressional delegation's efforts to honor the bombing victims. They represent adjoining

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Sewell to attend White House signing of "four little girls" bill Friday, will reschedule town halls

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...Sewell will be at the White House that day to watch President Barack Obama sign a bill she co-sponsored with Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills, according to a news release from Sewell's office. The bill, HR 360, awards the Congressional Gold Medal p

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Corporation Formalizes Political Contributions Operation

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...of Independent Business Saving Americas Free Enterprise Trust. Of those individuals thirty-eight gave $13,560 to Rep. Spencer Bachus, who was chairman of the House Financial Services Committee during the 112th Congress. The donors were from Alabama, Geo

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Holder’s Holdout

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

How culpable is Attorney General Eric Holder for his department’s mining of phone calls made by Associated Press journalists? That was the question on everyone’s mind on Capitol Hill yesterday, where members of both parties grilled Holder during a hear

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AG raked over coals on AP spy

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...to track down the leaker for a story about a CIA-disrupted bomb plot. “When you recused yourself, was it orally?” asked Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.). “Do you not do that formally or in writing?” “No,” Holder answered. He later allowed that,

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Eric Holder can’t remember when he recused himself from AP records case

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...don’t know exactly when but it was toward the beginning of the matter,” Holder explained when questioned about the date by Rep. Spencer Bachus R-Ala. Holder added that there was no written record of his recusal from the case. "I certainly didn't ale

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That's Weird

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...a generally pretty strained line of questioning right now between Rep. Spencer Bachus and Attorney General Holder. But one thing Bachus has zoomed in on is that the Justice Department apparently doesn’t have a formal process of committing a recusal de

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Holder: DOJ did not inform White House of AP investigation

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...James Cole, he said, was in charge of the investigation. Holder said he would convey a request from Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama that Cole would come before the committee, but that he would likely be unable to answer many questions as it is

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Holder explains his recusal process in AP case

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...General Eric Holder goes toe-to-toe with Rep. Spencer Bachus as he is questioned about his recusal from the AP phone subpoenas. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/2384953840001/1/Holder-explains-his-recusal-process-in-AP-casehttp://bc_gvpc.edgesuite.ne

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The Heritage Foundation's Immigration Guru Wasn't Just Racist — He's Wrong

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...over immigration. "It's going to be a much easier lift to solve the problem of high-skilled workers," Alabama Rep. Spencer Bachus said in February. The most obvious problem with Heritage's study is its economic analysis, not social analysis. When CNBC's

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