Tag: Shomari Figures

State Rep. Juandalynn Givan needs to stop crying about how black and brown voters are being suppressed when she wants to suppress the votes which upended her quest for power.

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) released a statement calling the U.S. Supreme Court's (SCOTUS) ruling allowing the state to use a 2023 congressional map dangerous and said the ruling signals the end of the Voting Rights Act.

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) amended a federal bill to include funding for the removal of infrastructure that impedes trade.

A three-judge panel of federal judges on Tuesday granted a motion by left-wing activist groups to block the use of a 6-1 Republican congressional map passed by lawmakers in 2023. 

After recent remarks were made by U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile), arguing that congressional redistricting in Alabama will disenfranchise black voters, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) criticized the hypocrisy of his fellow congressman for making such comments.

Out-of-state members of Congress, activists, union organizers and progressive social media influencers descended on Montgomery on Saturday for the "All Roads Lead to the South" event.

A recent Alabama redistricting ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court "is an incredibly unfortunate decision," according to U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile).

As the Alabama Legislature convenes in special session this week to address the state's congressional map, U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) said the push for redistricting is President Donald Trump's way of tipping the midterm elections in Republicans' favor.

Hampton Harris, who is seeking the Republican nomination in a bid to unseat the Democratic incumbent in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, Shomari Figures (D-Mobile), recently slammed the congressman for receiving an endorsement from the Embroiled Southern Policy Law Center (SPLC).

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Action Fund endorsed U.S. Reps. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) and Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) on Monday.

During a Tuesday evening town hall event in Mobile, U.S Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) was presented with an unexpected response from audience members when discussing voter identification and its perceived disenfranchisement of certain demographics.

Early Saturday, the U.S. military began major combat operations against Iran, including strikes that have resulted in the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) are attacking both the Trump administration and federal authorities following the fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday.

ActBlue money, along with out-of-state donations, has raised questions about the agenda and loyalties of Alabama’s two Democratic Representatives, Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and Shomari Figures (D-Montgomery).

An Alabama congressman made a rare appearance Wednesday as Democrats continued to blame Republicans for higher prices and looming insurance premium increases.

During Friday's episode of WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) was asked when Alabama will join the national redistricting fight and remove U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) from their seats.

Alabama’s two Congressional Democrats cast different votes on Friday on a resolution denouncing the horrors of socialism.

The newest member of Alabama's congressional delegation isn't pleased with his party's leadership, declaring it was "incredibly frustrating, incredibly disappointing" that some of his Democrat colleagues in the U.S. Senate voted with Republicans to reopen the federal government.

In a recent interview with Chicago's WGN Radio, U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) expressed strong disagreement with the Trump administration's deployment of the National Guard to cities across America. The move, according to federal officials, has been made to fight high crime rates plaguing many municipalities.

Calling it “wildly entitled and absurd” that anyone would even expect Alabama's Democratic members of Congress, U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and Shomari Figures (D-Prichard), to support the resolution for a "National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk," the Alabama Democratic Party and both lawmakers repeated false accusations that Kirk was racist.

A bipartisan group in Congress is working on legislation to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the federal level rather than sending funding through block grants to the states, according to U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile).

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) co-sponsored the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act to establish a national framework that stabilizes the use of student-athletes’ name, image, and likeness.

Like most across the nation, members of Alabama’s federal delegation are waiting for the Donald Trump administration to make up its mind on whether or not to directly engage in hostilities with Iran after it was attacked by Israel last week.

While the likelihood of such a bid is uncertain, multiple sources familiar with the possibility tell 1819 News that Pearl is being recruited by high-profile Alabama Republicans as a potential candidate.

The Alabama Department of Public Health will have to lay off 140 employees due to federal funding cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmimgham).

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) will fundraise for U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) in Atlanta today. 

Both of Alabama’s Democratic members of Congress, U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and Shomari Figures (D-Prichard) voted against legislation on Thursday that would require doctors to provide life-saving medical care to babies that survive abortions.