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U.S. Rep. Jeff Beauregard Sessions III
(AL-R)
US Representative for Alabama since 1997
As we learned from Time Magazine, the FBI linked Attorney
General Pryor and Senator Jefferson Sessions to money
laundering and (potential) bribery when they investigated minor
accusations against Siegelman. In the partisan Montgomery U.S.
Attorney’s office, only the claims concerning Siegelman were
pursued; testimony about Sessions and Pryor were ignored.
Given that these suspicious actions are coming to light, it makes
sense that Sessions is trying to block a bill before congress to
limit the president's power to withhold records. In fact, Jeff
Sessions is a caricature of the "right wing nut." He supports
torture, is a fierce advocate of the nuclear option ( a tactic to
stop filibusters of judicial nominees and averted in part by John
McCain), he accuses the ACLU of communism, and he has close
ties to the Klan. [2][3][4]
Sessions was born December 24, 1946 in Selma, Alabama as
the son of a country store owner. He received a Juris Doctor
degree from the University of Alabama in 1973. Sessions is a
practicing attorney in Mobile where he now lives.
Following a two-year stint as Assistant United States Attorney for
the Southern District of Alabama (1975-1977), Sessions was
nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and confirmed
by the Senate to serve as the United States Attorney for
Alabama's Southern District, a position he held for 12 years.
Sessions was nominated for a federal judgeship by Reagan in
1986, but the Senate did not approve his appointment, thanks in
no small part to the efforts of Senator Howell Heflin of Alabama,
whom Sessions would eventually succeed.
Sessions was elected Alabama Attorney General in 1995,
stepping down midway through his four-year term after his
election to the Senate. In 1996 he was elected to the Senate,
succeeding Democrat Howell Heflin. He was reelected in 2002
becoming the first Republican reelected to the Senate from
Alabama.
Sessions is one of the most conservative members of either
house of Congress, backing conservative Republican stances
on foreign affairs, taxes, and social policy. He opposes abortion,
and is wary of immigration. Sessions serves on the Senate
Judiciary Committee, and is its only member to have
unsuccessfully faced the Committee before becoming a senator.
Sessions was a strong supporter of the nuclear option, a tactic
favored by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to stop filibusters of
judicial nominees. When 14 senators led by Republican John
McCain of Arizona and Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska struck
a deal to avert the nuclear option, Sessions was one of the
agreement's most severe critics.
Sessions has been active in particular as an advocate for the
armed services. On September 24, 2005, he spoke at a rally
attended by 400 people in Washington, D.C. in favor of the war
in Iraq. It was held in opposition to an anti-war protest held the
day before that attracted 300,000 people. Sessions spoke of the
anti-war protestors, saying "I frankly don't know what they
represent, other than to blame America first."
On October 5, 2005 he voted against a bill restricting torture of
terrorist suspects.[1]
[1] Congresspedia
[2] Pacific Free Press Oct 31 2007
[3] Time Magazine Oct 4 2007
[4] Press Register Jan 28 2008
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| photo: gov Rep. Jeff Sessions was discovered in an FBI investigation laundering money and taking large contributions from Lanny Young, a convicted landfill developer involved in the Siegelman case. |
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