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Brooks honored George Mills for his service in World War II with a House floor speech to commemorate his 100th birthday.
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5th Congressional District stories
Elections
Bill Armistead and Stan McDonald will co-chair Mo Brooks' Senate campaign.
Congress
The bill would permanently reauthorize the E-Verify program and make its use mandatory for employers.
Elections
Mo Brooks announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2022.
Elections
Brooks, a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, will likely announce that he plans to run for Senate in 2022.
Party politics
The resolution passed overwhelmingly on an 86 percent to 14 percent vote
Congress
Brooks was influential in the passage of the PROSWIFT Act, which tasked government agencies with addressing space weather.
Congress
Billboards will go up in Alabama’s 5th Congressional District urging Brooks to resign.
National
Trump will address the crowd at 11 a.m. Congress will meet in a joint session at 12 p.m.
Elections
To this point, GOP senators have been dismissive of Brooks’s plan.