Source: Jennifer Shutt and Bridget Bowman, ROLL CALL, 2/8/21


Richard C. Shelby, Alabama’s senior senator and the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, announced Monday he would not seek reelection next year — a decision that kick-starts the GOP primary in his home state and that will eventually lead to changes on the powerful spending panel. Shelby’s departure will mark the end of a congressional career that began in 1979 when he joined the House as a Democrat.

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