Two Votes, One Tuesday Night

AT 10:32 ON TUESDAY NIGHT, SHOMARI FIGURES VOTED TO END THE WAR

The House took up House Concurrent Resolution 93 on the night of September 15. It directs the President, under section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.

It passed, 220 to 204.

Shomari Figures voted yes.

THE REST OF ALABAMA VOTED THE OTHER WAY

Robert Aderholt voted no. Barry Moore voted no. Gary Palmer voted no. Mike Rogers voted no. Dale Strong voted no.

Five Alabama Republicans, five votes against.

The two yes votes from Alabama were Shomari Figures and Terri Sewell.

Mike Rogers is the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He voted no.

WHO LIVES WITH THAT VOTE

American forces have been in this fight since February 28. Eighteen service members have been killed. The Congressional Budget Office puts the cost at about thirty-eight billion dollars so far, with continued operations running two to three billion a month.

Alabama's Second District is not a spectator to a war like this one.

Fort Novosel sits in the Wiregrass. Every Army helicopter pilot in the United States trains there. The soldiers who fly those aircraft live in Enterprise, in Daleville, in Ozark, and their families shop in Dothan on Saturday.

A member of Congress from this district casting a vote on whether American forces stay in the fight is not casting a symbolic vote. He is voting about the people who live down the road from him.

THE SAME NIGHT, HE VOTED TO KEEP CALIFORNIA'S RULES

Hours earlier the House passed House Joint Resolution 210, disapproving an Environmental Protection Agency rule on California's nonroad engine emissions standards. It passed, 216 to 211.

Every Alabama Republican voted yes. Aderholt, Moore, Palmer, Rogers, Strong.

Figures voted no.

The question in front of him was whether a rule written for California should carry weight beyond it. The rest of the Alabama delegation said no. Our congressman said yes.

TWO VOTES, ONE NIGHT, THE SAME PATTERN

On the war, Alabama's Republicans stood on one side and Figures stood on the other. On California's emissions rules, Alabama's Republicans stood on one side and Figures stood on the other.

Both votes are from Tuesday. Both are on the public record. Neither required a word of interpretation from us.

WHAT THE RECORD COVERS

Every number and every name above comes from the official roll calls published by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, read September 18.

The war powers vote is Roll Call 307 of the 119th Congress, second session, on House Concurrent Resolution 93, recorded at 10:32 p.m. on September 15, 2026. Passed, 220 to 204, 9 not voting.

The emissions vote is Roll Call 306, on House Joint Resolution 210, the same evening. Passed, 216 to 211, 6 not voting.

Casualty, cost and timeline figures are from Congressional Budget Office estimates and Defense Department reporting as carried in national coverage of the September 15 vote.

FORTY-SIX DAYS

Forty-six days until November 3.

Rhett Marques is the Republican nominee in Alabama's Second Congressional District. Shomari Figures is the incumbent.

On one Tuesday night in September, the man who represents Dothan, Enterprise, Troy and Phenix City voted twice, and both times he voted against every Republican Alabama sends to Washington.

We want this seat back. Show up.

Wall of Shame — Today: Vulcan Materials

Today on the Wall of Shame: the Vulcan Materials PAC (Vestavia) has put $10,000 into Rep. Shomari Figures' campaign account. Figures then voted no on cross-border energy infrastructure — the pipeline permitting and construction that drives demand for aggregates. The Wall of Shame exists for one reason — so that total stops growing. https://take2back.com/wall-of-shame.html