Senator Richard Shelby

Republican  •  Alabama  •  9th Term  •  Sworn In 1979
Current Term 2011 - 2016 View All

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05/31/12
Study: Early education cuts crime

D.A. Falls and Captain Irby called on U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R, Ala.), ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and all members of the Alabama Congressional Delegation to support funding for early ...

Source: CBS42.com
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05/31/12
Alabama could save millions on future prisoners by investing more in pre-K, report says

...Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale, Oneonta Police Chief James Chapman and six other Alabama lawmen, wrote to U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby last month to ask for his support of this funding, as well as funding for after-school programming for older children.

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05/30/12
Alabama lawmen ask Sen. Richard Shelby to help fund pre-kindergarten education

Alabama lawmen sent this letter to Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby asking him to help craft federal spending for the coming budget year that will provide financial support for pre-school programs that can help keep children from eventually becoming ...

Source: Everything Alabama Blog
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05/30/12
Experts say Congress is broken

"There hasn't been a price to pay for obstruction for obstruction's sake," Ornstein said. Social media encourage the extremes. "We have this explosion of technology, and it changes things,' said Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., ...

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05/30/12
Offshore U.S. oversight of derivatives may bolster defenses against ...

But Republican Sen. Richard Shelby looked to blame the regulators. He accused CFTC of lacking foresight — Gensler has acknowledged learning about JPMorgan's loss from press reports — and said a CFTC had created ...

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05/30/12
Cleveland Tea Party Patriots: Senator Rob Portman is "Lost" on LOST

John Barrasso Richard Shelby John Thune Richard Burr Saxby Chambliss Dan Coats John Hoeven Roger Wicker Jerry Moran Marco Rubio. Please contact Senator Portman's office to let him know that he once again let the ...

Source: King
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Official website: http://www.shelby.senate.gov/
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304 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5744
Fax: 202-224-3416

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