Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]

Sen. Jeff Sessions challenges double standard on judicial filibuster

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

...Henceforth, for them, judicial filibusters should not be undertaken unless "extraordinary circumstances" were present to justify the higher vote requirement to end debate. Before that night, Democrats had succeeded in holding up a host of supe

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Your Destiny Now, Edited by Miguel Diocuore Ph.D.: Obama goes 'anti-Jesus'

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

...Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Earlier that week the far-left controlled US Senate Judiciary Committee rejected a move by Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL] to block the consideration of Hamilton for the appellate court seat. Hamilton is a nephew of former Congressman

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CNN - Lawyer: 9/11 Suspect To Plead Not Guilty

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

...cameras are not allowed in federal courts, the trials could also give the defendants a soapbox to incite others. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, last week told Holder he was concerned that holding th

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Lawyer: 9/11 suspect to plead not guilty, argue attacks justified

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Potential changes in the 4th Circuit court provoke angst

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

... last week when he stepped to the microphone to ask a question of US Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, National Law Journal reports. ...

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Wicker, other gopers, take Napolitano to task

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

In addition to Hatch, the letter was signed by Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning, Oklahoma Sen. ...

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Emissions bill up in the air

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

... people with catastrophic impacts increasing energy costs, job loss and a decrease in economic US Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, also opposes the bill. ...

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Will the American People Rebel?

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...you are right back where you started.” Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) called this trial “a perversion of the justice system.” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said that the decision is “dangerous.” This appears to be a show trial, one that would put

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Senate Confirms Hamilton To Federal Appeals Court

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...(Women's Health Policy Report, 11/17). However, Senate Republicans, led by Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), labeled Hamilton an activist, citing his rulings on abortion and Christian prayer, the AP/Houston Chronicle

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Lawyer: 9/11 suspect to plead not guilty, argue attacks justified

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, last week told Holder he was concerned that holding the trial in open ...

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Will the American People Rebel?

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...you are right back where you started." Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) called this trial "a perversion of the justice system." Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said that the decision is "dangerous." This appears to be a show trial, one that would put Bush Admin

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GOP Senators Take Napolitano to Task

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

In addition to Hatch, the letter was signed by Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning, Oklahoma Sen. ...

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Attempt to appease GOP earns slap in face

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

It could be that Lugar's 39 colleagues bought the distortions repeated in four speeches by Sen. Jeff Sessions – characterizations of Hamilton's record that ...

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

Associated Press Jeff Sessions, Republican senator from Alabama “They are going to provide methods and additional funding and provide millions of people ...

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

Associated Press Jeff Sessions, Republican senator from Alabama “They are going to provide methods and additional funding and provide millions of people ...

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GOP, Dems jockey for position concerning Villafuerte's nomination

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

The ranking Republican member of the committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, is reviewing Villafuerte's letter, said spokesman Stephen Miller. ...

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Alabama and Mississippi senators vote no on health care debate

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile and Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, voted against proceeding, as did Mississippi Sens. Thad Cochran, R-Oxford, and Roger Wicker, ...

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The Tuscaloosa News on Sen. Sessions and a federal media shield law:

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

Standing in its way is Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile. The law has been approved by the US House of Representatives but it has been held up in the Senate ...

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The Real Danger of Gitmo in Illinois

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

The senators are all members of the judiciary committee: Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz. ...

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Sessions' record

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is the GOP's point man against President Obama's judicial nominees. ...

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