U.S. Congress - Senator Jeff Sessions, Alabama (R) 
Senator Jefferson Sessions
Republican • Alabama • 3rd Term • Sworn In 1997
- 4 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 89 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 16 of 100)
- 57 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 87 of 100) 1 Made Into Law (Ranks 64 of 100)
- Most often votes with:
- Sen. John Thune
- Sen. Ben Nelson
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Olympia Snowe
- Sen. Richard Durbin
- Votes with party 91%
- Abstains: 6%
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Senate confirms controversial judge
...Hamilton has received the American Bar Association's highest rating. The ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Jeff Sess...
Holder defends holding terrorism t...
...Federal courts have successfully tried more than 100 terrorist cases since the September 11 attacks, Leahy said. Alabama Sen. Jeff Ses...
Senate Ends Debate On Hamilton, Co...
...(Margasak, AP/Boston Globe, 11/18). Ten Republican senators voted to end debate and advance Hamilton's nomination. Sen. Jeff Sessions ...
Obama predicts conviction, executi...
...four alleged accomplices from a military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to New York and a civilian court. Sen. Jeff Session...
Washington Sketch: Republican sena...
...their quest to thwart President Obama, Republicans do not fear the hobgoblin of consistency. For much of this decade, Sen. Jeff Sessio...
Senate to Vote Thursday on Appeals...
...work out the details of how those principles apply to the new situations.” But in an Oct. 30 letter to his colleagues, Sen. Jeff Ses...
Controversial court nominee surviv...
...court nominees. There are 876 court seats, mostly for the regionally based courts of appeals and lower district courts. Sen. Jeff Ses...
HackWatch: A Good Chunk of the GOP...
...filibuster against U.S. District Judge David Hamilton, Obama's first appellate court nominee. For much of this decade, Sen. Jeff Se...
Holder defends plan to try terrori...
...the defendants not guilty."I believe this decision is dangerous. I believe it's misguided. I believe it is unnecessary," said Sen. Jef...
Senate votes to stop filibuster of...
...battles over judicial nominees. But conservatives criticized some of Hamilton's rulings and comments. Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ...
Blog Coverage
Adam Hanft: Quakers and Shakers: G...
Addressing the Department of Justice's decision to try terrorist suspects in civilian court rather than a military tribunal, Sen. Jeff Se...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The hearing did heat up—because of the Republican senators present. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) slammed the KSM decision, charging that i...
Senate Confirms Judge to Appeals C...
In fact, Senator Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, resurrected the threat of a judicial filibuster agains...
The Hoosierpundit: Senate Votes to...
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Hamilton's record is worse than that of Supreme Co...
t r u t h o u t | E.J. Dionne Jr. ...
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama explained the GOP's about-face by saying: "I think the rules have changed." That was actually a helpful com...
Senate confirms controversial Obam...
He added that Hamilton has received the American Bar Association's highest rating. The ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, Sen...
Senate confirms controversial judg...
The ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, criticized Hamilton's ruling against using prayers ment...
Senate OK's David Hamilton to be U...
Hamilton drew the first significant Republican opposition to a judicial nominee by President Obama. An attempted filibuster on Tuesday fa...
Michelle Malkin » Senate approves ...
As he promised he would do, pro-life Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama led the filibuster and said Hamilton should be opposed in part because...
Senate confirms controversial judge
...to a ruling stating that abortion clinics should not be required to provide information on alternatives to abortion. Sen. Jeff Sessio...
335 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Fax: 202-224-3149
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