Selma, was selected to serve as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight for the 119th Congress. As the Subcommittee’s top Democrat, she becomes the first Black woman to serve in Ways and Means subcommittee leadership since the Committee was established in 1789.

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, who represents Alabama's Seventh Congressional District, became the first Black woman to serve in the House Ways and Means subcommittee leadership Wednesday.

Before Sewell was selected Wednesday, no Black woman held a leadership position on the Ways and Means Committee in the panel's 236-year history.

Alabama’s congressional delegation grabbed key committee assignments on Tuesday.

The House passed the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, with 61 Democrats voting in support of the bill.

Rep. Sewell has served as a member of the House Ways and Means Committee since 2017. It is the oldest committee in the United States Congress and the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives. The Committee has jurisdiction over matters related to tax, trade, Social Security, and Medicare.

Alabama’s bipartisan delegation returned to Washington with roles on several key committees. Sen. Katie Britt (R) joined the Senate Judiciary Committee, which evaluates all federal judicial nominations,

As documented by the Brennan Center for Justice, a public policy institute at the New York University School of Law, “Thus far in 2024, … at least 301 restrictive [anti-voter]

As the first session of the 119th Congress convenes this month, and we begin this Presidential quadrennium, Alabama’s power on the Potomac has gravitated to the United States House of

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures participated in a ceremonial investiture Friday at the federal courthouse in Mobile.

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.

Aderholt has represented the 4th Congressional District with honor and distinction for 28 years, which puts him in the upper echelon of Seniority in the U.S. House of Representatives. He