Senator Jeff Sessions (R)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/05/1996
Next Election: 2014
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Mary Blackshear; 3 Children: Mary, Ruth, Sam
Birth date: 12/24/1946
Birthplace: Selma, AL
Home City: Mobile AL
Religion: Methodist

Profession

United States Attorney, Southern District of Alabama, 1981-1993 Captain, United States Army/United States Army Reserves, 1973-1986 United States District Judge, Southern District of Alabama, 1985 Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Alabama, 1975-1977 Attorney, Law Practice, 1973-1975 Partner, Stockman, Bedsole, Sessions

Education

JD, University of Alabama, 1973 BA, Huntingdon College, 1969

Committees

Armed Services
Budget
Environment and Public Works
Judiciary
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
Subcommittee on Airland
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
Subcommittee on SeaPower
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Water and Power
Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

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