Martha Roby

Martha Dubina was born in Montgomery, Alabama,{{cite news |title=Martha Roby (R-Ala.)|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/martha-roby-r-ala/gIQAGcVUKP_print.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 17, 2018}} to Joel Dubina, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.{{cite book|title=2014 Almanac of American Politics|last2=Barone|first2=Chuck|last1=McCutcheon|first1=Michael|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|year=2013}} She attended New York University, where she received a Bachelor of Music degree. She then entered the Samford University Cumberland School of Law at Birmingham, Alabama, receiving her J.D. in 2001.

Before entering politics, she worked at the law firm of Copeland, Franco.{{cite news |title=Biographical Information for 2nd Congressional District GOP runoff candidates|publisher=Associated Press Newswires|date=July 8, 2010}}

Roby was elected to the Montgomery City Council in 2003, defeating a total of five opponents, and winning 54.88% of the votes cast in her district.{{cite news |title=Montgomery Republican plans to challenge Bright in 2010|work=Dothan Eagle|author=Lance Griffin|url=http://www2.dothaneagle.com/news/2009/jun/26/montgomery_republican_plans_to_challenge_bright_in-ar-193229|date=June 26, 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.montgomeryal.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=29|title=Municipal Election Results-2003|access-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002041808/http://www.montgomeryal.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=29|archive-date=October 2, 2011|url-status=dead}}

In her first term on the council, Roby joined three other council members and then mayor Bobby Bright in opposing the building of a shopping mall in East Montgomery.{{cite news |title=Montgomery Alabama Shopping Mall to Go Up Against Protests, Mayor's Advice|work=Montgomery Advertiser|date=February 19, 2004}} She also opposed privatizing the disposal of household garbage,{{cite news |title=Trash Service Change Opposed|work=Montgomery Advertiser|author=Sebastian Kitchen|date=March 30, 2005}} supported a 10 cent cigarette tax increase,{{cite news |title=Montgomery, Ala., Cigarette Tax Jumps 10 Cents|work=Montgomery Advertiser|date=May 14, 2004|author=William F. West}} and argued for a state sales tax holiday.{{cite news |title=Montgomery, Ala., council's tax idea might go statewide|author=William F. West|date=August 10, 2004|work=Montgomery Advertiser}}

{{further|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama#District 2}}

Roby challenged incumbent Democratic U.S. Congressman and former Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright in Alabama's 2nd congressional district. In the four-candidate Republican primary, Roby ranked first with 49% of the vote, narrowly missing the 50% threshold needed to win the nomination and avoid a run-off. Rick Barber ranked second with 29% of the vote.{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=508440|title=AL District 02 - R Primary Race|date=June 1, 2010|publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=May 11, 2017}} In the run-off election, Roby defeated him 60–40%.{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=653745|title=AL District 2 - R Runoff Race|date=July 13, 2010|publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=May 11, 2017}}

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The 2010 race was one of the most expensive races in the district's history.{{cite news |url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/alabama/2|title=Alabama 2nd District Profile |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 4, 2012}} Roby spent a total of $1,240,275.64 on her 2010 election. Most of her funds came from large individual contributions. Her top contributor was Jim Wilson and Associates, a Montgomery real estate developer, who contributed $25,300.{{cite web |title=Open Secrets|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00030768&cycle=2010|access-date=November 21, 2011}} Leadership PACs contributed a total of $106,010.

Roby defeated Bright by 51–49%, a difference of 4,780 votes. Roby won 7 of the district's 16 counties: Autauga, Elmore, Covington, Coffee, Geneva, Dale, and Houston Counties. Bright won Montgomery County with 59% of the vote.{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=487756|title=AL - District 02 Race|date=November 2, 2010|publisher=Our Campaigns}}

{{further|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama#District 2}}

In her run for re-election to her seat, she received the endorsements of 36 mayors in Alabama,{{cite news |url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/36_mayors_endorse_martha_roby.html|title=36 mayors endorse Martha Roby re-election|date=October 27, 2015|publisher=al.com}} the Alabama Farmers Federation,{{cite news |url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/martha_roby_endorsed_by_alabam.html|title=Martha Roby endorsed by Alabama Farmers Federation|date=October 20, 2014|publisher=Al.com}} and Susan B. Anthony List.{{cite news |url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/01/pro-life_susan_b_anthony_list.html|title=Pro-life Susan B. Anthony List endorses Martha Roby for reelection|date=January 22, 2016}}

The 2nd district had long been a conservative district, and Roby won a second term, defeating Democrat Therese Ford 64–36%. She won 11 of the district's 15 counties. She lost her home county of Montgomery by a margin of 53–47%.{{cite web |url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=705230 |title=AL - District 02 Race - Nov 06, 2012 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=2017-07-07}}{{cite news |first=Sebastian |last=Kitchen |url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20120114/NEWS01/201140338/Candidates-qualify-elections |title=Candidates qualify for elections |date=January 14, 2012 |work=Montgomery Advertiser |access-date=January 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119063351/http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20120114/NEWS01/201140338/Candidates-qualify-elections |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}

{{further|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama#District 2}}

Roby won the election with 67.34% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee Erick Wright.{{cite web |url=http://alabamavotes.gov/downloads/election/2014/general/2014GeneralResults-WithWriteIn.pdf |title=Certified General Election Results |publisher=Alabama Secretary of State|access-date=December 13, 2014}}

{{further|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama#District 2}}

On March 1, 2016, Roby won the Republican primary with 64% of the vote.{{cite news |url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/southunionstreet/2016/03/01/us-rep-martha-roby-wins-gop-primary/81106616/|title=U.S. Rep. Martha Roby wins GOP primary|date=March 1, 2016|newspaper=Montgomery Advertiser}} She won the general election with 48.8% of the vote. Democrat Nathan Mathis received 40.5% of the vote and write-in candidates received 10.7% of the vote.{{cite web |title=Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Alabama%27s_2nd_Congressional_District_election,_2016|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=January 17, 2018}}

{{further|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama#District 2}}

Roby defeated Bobby Bright, the incumbent she first defeated in 2010 and who had since switched to the Republican Party, in the Republican primary and subsequent run-off. She received 68% of the vote in the run-off. In the general election, she defeated Democratic nominee Tabitha Isner with 61.4% of the vote.

• United States House Committee on Appropriations
• United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science
• United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
• United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations
• United States House Committee on the Judiciary
• United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet (Ranking Member)
• House Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (2014-2016)

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In December 2011, Roby voted in support of H.R. 10, the "Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act," which would have required congressional approval for any "major regulations" issued by the executive branch but, unlike the 1996 Congressional Review Act, would not require the president's signature or override of a probable presidential veto.{{cite news |first=Felicia|last=Sonmez|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=REINS bill to expand congressional power over executive regulations passed by House |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/reins-bill-to-expand-congressional-power-over-executive-regulations-passed-by-house/2011/12/07/gIQAs6VMdO_blog.html|date=December 7, 2011|access-date=October 10, 2013}}

Roby voted in September 2013 to cut $39 billion from the food stamp program. In 2011, approximately 41,000 households in Roby's congressional district received food stamps.{{cite news |url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013309200025&nclick_check=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130920194044/http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013309200025&nclick_check=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 20, 2013|title=House cuts $39B in food stamps; Alabama delegation split on vote|date=September 20, 2013|work=Montgomery Advertiser|access-date=September 20, 2013}}

In February 2017, she voted against a resolution that would have directed the House to request 10 years of Trump's tax returns, which would then have been reviewed by the House Ways and Means Committee in a closed session.{{Cite news|url=https://indy100.com/article/republican-vote-donald-trump-tax-president-united-states-229-185-congress-7603851|title=These are all the Republicans who don't want you to see Donald Trump's tax returns|date=2017-02-28|work=indy100|access-date=2017-03-01|archive-date=February 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228221712/https://www.indy100.com/article/republican-vote-donald-trump-tax-president-united-states-229-185-congress-7603851|url-status=dead}} In 2017, Roby also co-sponsored a bipartisan bill to require sexual harassment and anti-discrimination training for all House members, employees, staff and unpaid personnel. The bill passed the House. She does not support the ability for lawmakers to use tax dollars to settle sexual harassment claims.{{cite news |last1=Chramer|first1=Elisabeth|title=Alabama congresswomen co-sponsor bill to mandate sexual harassment training after reports show politicians used tax dollars to settle claims against them |website=Yellowhammer News|url=http://yellowhammernews.com/uncategorized/alabama-congresswomen-co-sponsor-bill-mandate-sexual-harassment-training-reports-show-politicians-used-tax-dollars-settle-claims/ |date=December 3, 2017 |access-date=December 21, 2017}}

Roby helped secure over $3.6 million to expand broadband internet access in rural Autauga County, Alabama.{{cite news |last1=Moseley |first1=Brandon |title=Roby announces FCC funding to expand broadband in Autauga County |url=https://www.alreporter.com/2019/12/26/roby-announces-fcc-funding-to-expand-broadband-in-autauga-county/ |work=Alabama Political Reporter |date=December 26, 2019 |access-date=January 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120205337/https://www.alreporter.com/2019/12/26/roby-announces-fcc-funding-to-expand-broadband-in-autauga-county/ |archive-date=January 20, 2020}}

In July 2019, Roby said she would retire from Congress at the end of her term. In December 2019, Roby voted to oppose the first impeachment of Donald Trump in her position on the House Judiciary Committee. During the vote, Roby's son, George, sat on her lap. Regarding impeachment, Roby said that Americans "should feel cheated" and that the Democrats conducted "an incomplete and inadequate pursuit of the truth."{{cite news |title=Martha Roby votes against impeachment with son in tow |url=https://www.al.com/news/montgomery/2019/12/martha-roby-votes-against-impeachment-with-son-in-tow.html |work=al.com |publisher=Advance Local |date=December 13, 2019 |access-date=January 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104164836/https://www.al.com/news/montgomery/2019/12/martha-roby-votes-against-impeachment-with-son-in-tow.html |archive-date=January 4, 2020}}

As of January 2019, Roby has voted with her party in 92.4% of votes so far in the 116th United States Congress and voted in line with President Trump's position in 93.8% of the votes.{{Cite news|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/martha-roby/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219111846/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/martha-roby/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2017|title=Tracking Martha Roby In The Age Of Trump|last=Bycoffe|first=Aaron|date=2017-01-30|website=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=2017-02-18}}{{Cite news|url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/R000591-martha-roby|title=Represent|website=ProPublica|access-date=2017-02-18}} She has a 58% rating, regarding her conservative votes, from Heritage Action.{{cite web |title=Rep. Martha Roby |url=https://heritageaction.com/scorecard/members/R000591/116 |website=Heritage Action |access-date=January 20, 2020}}

Vote Smart, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States, "researched presidential and congressional candidates' public records to determine candidates' likely responses on certain key issues." According to Vote Smart's 2016 analysis, Roby generally supports abortion restrictions, opposes an income tax increase, opposes federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth, supports lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth, opposes requiring states to adopt federal education standards, supports building the Keystone Pipeline, supports government funding for the development of renewable energy, opposes the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, opposes gun-control legislation, supports repealing the Affordable Care Act, supports requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship, opposes same-sex marriage,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/us/turned-away-early-gay-couple-in-alabama-determined-to-marry.html|title=In Alabama City, Gay Couple Try to Wed, Early and Often|last=Fausset|first=Richard|date=2015-02-13|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2017-02-11}} supports increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support, and opposes allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts.{{cite web |title=Martha Roby's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/71604/martha-roby/#.Wl-2AEtG0js|publisher=Vote Smart|access-date=January 10, 2018}}

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Roby describes herself as "unapologetically pro-life."{{cite news |last1=Lyman |first1=Brian |date=August 14, 2019 |title=Martha Roby doesn't rule out future campaigns after departure from Congress |url=https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/08/14/martha-roby-doesnt-rule-out-future-campaigns-after-departure-congress/2001886001/ |work=Montgomery Advertiser |access-date=January 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814171644/https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/08/14/martha-roby-doesnt-rule-out-future-campaigns-after-departure-congress/2001886001/ |archive-date=August 14, 2019}} As of 2019, Roby has a 0% rating from Planned Parenthood.{{cite web |title=Congressional Scorecard |url=https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/congressional-scorecard#AL/317/ |publisher=Planned Parenthood Action Fund |access-date=January 20, 2020}}

She supports the Hyde Amendment and opposes abortion providers having access to Title X money.{{cite news |last1=Moseley |first1=Brandon |title=Roby offers pro-life amendment to appropriations bill |url=https://www.alreporter.com/2019/05/14/roby-offers-anti-abortion-amendment-to-appropriations-bill/ |work=Alabama Political Reporter |date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=January 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516193049/https://www.alreporter.com/2019/05/14/roby-offers-anti-abortion-amendment-to-appropriations-bill/ |archive-date=May 16, 2019}} She opposes sex-selective and race-selective abortions. She supports efforts to include "preborn human person[s]" in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and co-sponsored a bill to do so. In 2011, she signed a prohibition on funding the United Nations Population Fund. She co-sponsored the Sanctity of Human Life Act.{{cite web |title=Martha Roby on Abortion |url=https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Martha_Roby_Abortion.htm |publisher=On The Issues |access-date=January 20, 2020}}

During the 2010 election, Roby promised to reduce government spending and that she would support a Balanced Budget Agreement, support a line-item veto, support ending the current earmark process, oppose government bailouts and takeovers of private companies, and support the requirement of budgets to be submitted for Social Security and Medicare.

Roby has a "D" rating from marijuana legalization advocacy group the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and a score of zero out of six from the National Cannabis Industry Association regarding her voting record on cannabis-related matters.{{cite web |title=Alabama Scorecard |publisher=NORML |url=http://norml.org/congressional-scorecard/alabama |access-date=December 21, 2017}}{{cite web |title=Congressional Scorecard |url=https://thecannabisindustry.org/ncia-news-resources/congressional-scorecards/alabama/ |publisher=The National Cannabis Industry Association |access-date=January 20, 2020}} Roby opposes the legalization of medical, recreational, and veterans' use of marijuana. She also opposes hemp legalization.

As of 2018, Roby has a 3% rating from American Civil Liberties Union and a 9% rating from the NAACP regarding her pro-civil rights voting record.{{cite web |title=Legislative Scorecard 2018 |url=https://www.aclu.org/other/legislative-scorecard-2018 |publisher=American Civil Liberties Union |access-date=January 20, 2020}}{{cite web |title=How Congress Voted |url=https://live-naacp-site.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ALABAMA2-1.pdf |publisher=NAACP |access-date=January 20, 2020}}

When the Obama administration issued guidance in 2016 that transgender students in public schools be allowed to choose which bathrooms to use, Roby said the administration had "lost their minds."{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/news/2016/05/they_have_lost_their_minds_rob.html|title='They have lost their minds': Roby, Palmer blast Obama administration over transgender student bathroom guidance|last=Koplowitz|first=Howard|date=2016-05-14|website=al.com |access-date=2019-04-23}} The Human Rights Campaign gives Roby a rating of zero for her lack of support for pro-LGBTQ rights policies.{{cite web |title=Congressional Scorecard |url=http://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/115thCongressionalScorecard-Report.pdf?_ga=2.165586424.63404793.1579555859-119887768.1579555859 |publisher=Human Rights Campaign |access-date=January 20, 2020}}

During her time in the Alabama legislature, Roby suggested the possibility of impeachment for then federal judge Mark Fuller, who was charged and pleaded guilty for spousal abuse. Roby voted to oppose the Violence Against Women Act because she says portions of the law are unconstitutional. These portions include the ability for non-Native Americans to prosecute Native Americans in tribal court for domestic violence charges. She says "It takes away potential due process for people who are not a member of the tribe."{{cite news |author=Mary Troyan |date=October 31, 2014 |title=Roby runs on conservative record |url=https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/31/roby-runs-conservative-record/18228077/ |work=Montgomery Advertiser |access-date=January 20, 2020}}

Roby pledged to maintain defense spending at least 4% of Gross Domestic Product and that she would support missile defense programs in 2010.

In 2010, she pledged to abolish the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As of 2017, Roby has a 0% rating with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and a 10% rating from the AFL–CIO for her anti-worker voting record.{{cite web |title=AFSCME 115 Report Card |url=https://www.afscme.org/issues/congressional-scorecards/doc1/AFSCME-2017-House-Congressional-Scorecard.pdf |publisher=American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees |access-date=January 20, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Legislator Voting Records |url=https://aflcio.org/scorecard/legislators |publisher=AFL-CIO |access-date=January 20, 2020}} She has an 89% rating from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for her support of pro-business policies.{{cite web |title=How They Voted 2018 |url=https://www.uschamber.com/how-they-voted/2018#all |publisher=U.S. Chamber of Commerce |access-date=January 20, 2020 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021013638/https://www.uschamber.com/how-they-voted/2018#all |url-status=dead }} She opposes increasing the federal minimum wage and supports abolishing the federal minimum wage, saying "The best thing the federal government can do to ensure increasing wages is to get out of the way," claiming it stifles growth.

When asked if there was one federal department or agency that she could eliminate, she said she would abolish the Department of Education but keep federal grants to states intact. Roby supports voluntary prayer in all schools.{{cite web |title=Martha Roby on Education |url=https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Martha_Roby_Education.htm |website=On the Issues |access-date=January 20, 2020}}

In 2010, Roby opposed reduced dependence on foreign oil and cap and trade.{{Cite news |date=November 23, 2010 |url=https://www.annistonstar.com/martha-roby-abolish-irs-no-changes-to-social-security/article_5ca09a6e-de07-5e29-8945-a4abea17e6a5.html|title=Martha Roby: Abolish IRS, no changes to Social Security |newspaper=The Anniston Star|access-date=2017-02-11}} The environmental advocacy group the League of Conservation Voters gives her a lifetime score of 4%.{{Cite news|url=http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/martha-roby|title=Check out Representative Martha Roby's Environmental Voting Record|publisher=League of Conservation Voters |access-date=2020-01-20}} Roby opposes the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases. She supports efforts to drill for oil on the outer continental shelf. She also opposes increasing taxes to fight climate change.{{cite web |title=Martha Roby on Energy & Oil |url=https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Martha_Roby_Energy_+_Oil.htm |website=On the Issues |access-date=January 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815200806/https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Martha_Roby_Energy_+_Oil.htm |archive-date=August 15, 2019}}

As of 2019, Roby has a rating of 9 out of 100 by the Humane Society of the United States's Legislative Fund for her voting record on animal protection issues.{{cite web |title=HSLF: Humane Scorecard |url=http://www.hslf.org/our-work/humane-scorecard.html |publisher=Humane Society Legislative Fund |access-date=January 20, 2020}}

During the 2010 election, Roby said she would vote to require that all legislation be posted online for 72 hours before debate and require that every piece of legislation begin with an explanation of its constitutionality.

Roby is a gun owner.{{cite book|author=Melissa Deckman|author-link=Melissa Deckman|title=Tea Party Women: Mama Grizzlies, Grassroots Leaders, and the Changing Face of the American Right|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwnMCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA221|date=May 24, 2016|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-1-4798-6642-7|page=221}}

She also opposes federal funding being used to fund research using human embryos.{{cite news |last1=Hamilton |first1=Amelia |title=Martha Roby delivers 'pro-life' speech on House floor |url=https://altoday.com/archives/28125-martha-roby-delivers-pro-life-speech-on-house-floor |website=Alabama Today |date=January 16, 2019 |access-date=January 20, 2020}}

During Roby's 2010 campaign, she promised to support ending pre-existing conditions as exclusion from receiving health insurance benefits and to vote to defund health care reform. In 2010, Roby expressed support for Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future", which would privatize portions of Medicare. She has stated publicly that she opposes privatization of Medicare and Social Security.{{Cite news |author=Lance Griffin |date=October 16, 2010 |url=https://dothaneagle.com/news/fact-check-does-martha-roby-want-to-privatize-medicare/article_c8ca08bf-d6a0-592f-971a-edb454e60c6e.html |title=Fact Check: Does Martha Roby want to privatize Medicare? |newspaper=Dothan Eagle|access-date=2017-02-11}}

Roby has repeatedly voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).{{cite news |last1=Moseley|first1=Brandon|title=US House votes to repeal and replace Obamacare|url=http://www.alreporter.com/2017/05/05/us-house-votes-repeal-replace-obamacare/ |publisher=Alabama Political Reporter |date=May 5, 2017 |access-date=January 17, 2018}} On May 4, 2017, she voted in favor of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and passing the American Health Care Act.{{cite news |author1=Kim Soffen |author2=Darla Cameron |author3=Kevin Uhrmacher |date=May 4, 2017 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/ahca-house-vote/ |title=How the House voted to pass the GOP health-care bill |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2017-05-04}}{{Cite news |author=Heidi M Przybyla |date=May 4, 2017 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/04/health-care-vote-puts-pressure-dozens-vulnerable-gop-reps/101297824/ |title=Health care vote puts pressure on dozens of vulnerable GOP reps |work=USA Today |access-date=2017-05-04}} In stating her support for the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Roby said the Affordable Care Act was a "failed law" and that the AHCA put in place a "patient-centered system that lowers costs, increases choices, and isn't run by the government". The U.S. House voted on the legislation before the bill had been scored by the Congressional Budget Office.{{Cite news |date=May 6, 2017 |url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/southunionstreet/2017/05/06/ahca-concerns-alabama-health-care-providers-advocates/101347032 |title=AHCA concerns Alabama health care providers, advocates |work=Montgomery Advertiser |access-date=2017-05-10}}

Roby opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants. She supports Trump's efforts to build a border wall.{{cite news |last1=Chandler |first1=Kim |title=In Alabama, a onetime Trump critic fights GOP challenger |url=https://apnews.com/905487fd416847f5ac17a2a685fd7eba |publisher=Associated Press |date=July 11, 2018 |access-date=January 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819130040/https://apnews.com/905487fd416847f5ac17a2a685fd7eba |archive-date=August 19, 2018}}

In 2013, Roby received a score of 0% from the Alliance for Retired Americans for supporting privatization and market-based reforms.{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Martha_Roby_Social_Security.htm|title=Martha Roby on Social Security|website=Ontheissues.org|access-date=2017-02-11}} She opposes efforts to raise the retirement age for social security, to reduce in Social Security benefits and to increase in payroll taxes for Social Security benefits.

Roby supports tax reform, including the abolition of the estate tax. In the 112th United States Congress, Roby signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge.{{cite web |url=http://s3.amazonaws.com/atrfiles/files/files/091411-federalpledgesigners.pdf|title=The Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers 112th Congressional List|publisher=Americans for Tax Reform|access-date=November 30, 2011}} In 2010, Roby signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity to not vote for any global warming legislation that would raise taxes.[http://americansforprosperity.org/noclimatetax//wp-content/uploads/2010/02/roby2.pdf] {{dead link|date=July 2017}} Roby voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.{{cite news |last1=Almukhtar|first1=Sarah|title=How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-house-live-vote.html |website=The New York Times |date=December 19, 2017 |access-date=December 21, 2017}} She said that more businesses will stay in the U.S. due to the tax cuts and that she is "proud" of the legislation which she says "will help families keep their own money."{{cite news |last1=Tice |first1=Andrea |title=Alabama Republicans on board with new tax cuts |website=Yellowhammer News |url=http://yellowhammernews.com/featured/al-republicans-board-new-tax-cuts/ |date=December 20, 2017 |access-date=December 21, 2017 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053151/http://yellowhammernews.com/featured/al-republicans-board-new-tax-cuts/ |url-status=dead }}

Roby supported the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). She also voted in support of terminating funding of National Public Radio.{{cite web |title=Martha Roby on Technology |url=https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Martha_Roby_Technology.htm |website=On the Issues |access-date=January 21, 2020}}

After the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, Roby said,

"I'm horrified and heartbroken by the terrorist attack in Orlando. I'm praying for the victims and their families, and I ask others to send prayers of comfort and healing for everyone affected. This is the worst terrorist attack on American soil since September 11, 2001. Though reports on the killer's ties to specific groups still coming in, we must fully dispel the notion that our struggle against radical Islamic terrorism is solely an overseas fight. That fight is here in the Homeland, and all American leaders must come to grips with it."{{cite news |last1=Berkowitz |first1=Bonnie |last2=Cai |first2=Weiyi |last3=Lu |first3=Denise |last4=Gamio |first4=Lazaro |date=June 16, 2016 |title=Everything lawmakers said (and didn't say) after the Orlando mass shooting |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/how-lawmakers-responded-to-the-orlando-mass-shooting/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=December 31, 2017}}

In October 2016, Roby withdrew her presidential endorsement of Donald Trump, saying, "Donald Trump's behavior makes him unacceptable as a candidate for president, and I won't vote for him".{{Cite news|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/republican-members-of-congress-withdraw-trump-support-updated/article/2004783|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914173001/http://www.weeklystandard.com/republican-members-of-congress-withdraw-trump-support-updated/article/2004783|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2017|title=Republican Members of Congress Withdraw Trump Support (Updated)|date=2016-10-08|newspaper=Weekly Standard|access-date=2017-02-11}}{{Cite news |author=Paul Gattis |date=November 9, 2016 |url=https://www.al.com/news/montgomery/2016/11/martha_roby_who_condemned_trum.html |title=Martha Roby, who condemned Trump, ekes out re-election win to Congress |newspaper=AL.com |access-date=2017-02-11}} Following Trump's election, Roby became more supportive of him and attempted to make amends, subsequently gaining his endorsement for her reelection campaign.{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Isenstadt |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/10/president-trump-enemies-list-240344 |date=July 10, 2017 |newspaper=Politico |title=President Trump's enemies list}}{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/22/trump-endorses-martha-roby-664290 |title=Trump endorses Roby despite past disloyalty |first=Alex |last=Isenstadt |date=June 22, 2018 |publisher=Politico |quote=Following a March 2017 Oval Office meeting with Trump, Roby posted an online video in which she recalled: 'I sat in the Oval Office and looked the President in the eye and told him I was with him.'}} She earned Trump's endorsement in the primary reportedly after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy encouraged Trump to endorse her.{{Cite news |author1=Sean Sullivan |last2=Weigel |first2=David |date=July 18, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/alabama-runoff-rep-martha-roby-who-criticized-trump-in-2016-tries-to-keep-her-seat/2018/07/16/9428e6e8-8941-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html |title=Alabama runoff: Rep. Martha Roby, who criticized Trump in 2016, wins GOP nomination |website=The Washington Post PowerPost blog |access-date=2018-07-24}}

In October 2019, Roby voted for a resolution condemning Trump for removing U.S. military forces from Syria, which had protected greatly endangered Kurdish civilians, as well as fighters and their military resistance to the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS), enabling attacks upon them by Turkish forces and the Assad government in Syria.Eddie Burkhalter (October 17, 2019). [https://www.alreporter.com/2019/10/17/all-but-two-alabama-republican-congressmen-vote-to-condemn-trumps-syria-exit/ "All but two Alabama Republican congressmen vote to condemn Trump's Syria exit"]. AL.com. Retrieved October 27, 2019. She voted in opposition of the impeachment of Trump, saying "the bar to impeach a sitting president of the United States has not been met."

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Roby voted yes on banning armed forces in Libya without congressional approval. She opposed the removal of armed forces in Afghanistan in 2011.{{cite web |title=Martha Roby on War & Peace |url=https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Martha_Roby_War_+_Peace.htm |website=On the Issues |access-date=January 21, 2020}}

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