Moore, Sewell vote against CR to avoid government shutdown

U.S. Reps. Barry Moore and Terri Sewell voted against a stopgap funding bill Friday that would have been a step to avoided a government shutdown. Moore was only one of 21 Republicans to vote against the measure and was the only Republican member of Alabama’s House congressional delegation to do oppose the package. The continuing resolution (CR) put forward by Speaker Kevin McCarthy failed to pass the House by a vote of 232-198. Moore (R-Enterprise) said the bill goes against the promise he made to “reject the status quo.” I opposed today's continuing resolution. It has been 26 years since Con