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      <excerpt>...to keep Americans safe and protect our most vital classified information,&quot; said Stephen Miller, press secretary for Sen. Jeff Sessions (Ala.), the ranking Republican on the committee. &quot;The attorney general's two-page views letter was woefully short and </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to send his nomination to the full Senate.  The vote came with no debate, as U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, lauded Brown as having the &quot;the gifts and qualities to be a good United States attorney.&quot;  The final co</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and other Republicans who object to Hamilton's nomination have criticized his ruling to issue an injunction blocking enforcement of a provision in a state abortion law. The provision would have required women seeking abortions to </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Pennsylvania, a place where many of us have been exposed to a history and a heritage of hard work and sacrifice.&quot; Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the committee's ranking Republican, asked Judge Vanaskie if he favored &quot;judicial restraint&quot; as he did once i</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to blocking enforcement of certain state abortion statutes. In a letter penned Nov. 3 to his GOP colleagues, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama blasted Hamilton for using his position to &quot;drive a political agenda.&quot; Hamilton stated in a 2003 speech</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...him of final Senate confirmation.&#160; That vote will occur as soon as the majority Democrats choose to &quot;bring him up&quot; Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, said afterwards.  President Barack Obama nominated Brown, currently a top staffer on the House ethics commi</excerpt>
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