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Congress.gov biography:
"SESSIONS, Jefferson Beauregard III (Jeff),
a Senator from Alabama; born in Hybart, Ala., December 24, 1946; attended
the public schools; graduated from Huntingdon College, Montgomery 1969;
graduated from University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa 1973; admitted
to the Alabama bar in 1973, and engaged in the practice of law in Russellville
1973-1975; served in the U.S. Army reserves, attaining the rank of captain
1973-1977; practiced law in Mobile 1977-1981; United States Attorney for
the Southern District of Alabama 1981-1993; Alabama Attorney General 1994-1996;
elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1996 and reelected
in 2002 for the term ending January 3, 2009. "
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Jeff
Sessions -  Auto
-  Makers
-  Workers
-  Health
Care -  Pension
-  Politics
-  Federal
-  Economy
- 2010
Election -  Michigan
-  Ohio
-  US
-  Foreign
-  Alabama
-  Georgia
-  Kentucky
-  Japan
-  South
Korea
"It's
North vs. South in Big Three bailout fight." ...
"Should taxpayers in Alabama be required to bail out [American] automakers
whose plants are concentrated in Northern states like Michigan and Ohio?"
... "Alabama is home to three Honda [Japan automaker] and Hyundai [South
Korea automaker] plants. And just across the state line in Georgia, a new
Kia [Hyundai] plant is set to open and will likely employ many Alabamans."
... "[Alabama Republican Senator] Sen. Jeff Sessions, R- Ala. [Republican-Alabama],
told reporters Wednesday, “I can not imagine a real justification for a
worker in Alabama who does not have any health insurance at his company
to be taxed to maintain a Cadillac health care plan for somebody in Detroit
[Michigan].”" ... "The struggle over whether Congress should make the loan
is a classic regional battle: North vs. South, unionized states like Michigan
vs. mostly non-union ones like Alabama." ... "“There are some states that
might think there’s a competitive advantage for them if the Big Three don’t
make it,” [Michigan Democratic Senator] Sen. Carl Levin, D- Mich. [Democratic-Michigan],
a Big Three ally, told reporters Tuesday." ... "[Kentucky Republican Senator]
Sen. Jim Bunning, R- Ky. [Republican-Kentucky], who is up for re-election
in 2010, said Wednesday, “It’s not a balancing act. It’s whether the federal
government should intervene in the private-sector economy. And I believe
it should not. I am very concerned that people as hard-headed as the three
people who spoke to us yesterday would not have a plan in place and not
have any concession to make, but they would just want the money so they
can burn through it. That’s unacceptable.”" ... "And if Chrysler and General
Motors go into bankruptcy or liquidation?" ... "“I think that’s probably
the best thing that can happen,” [Kentucky Republican Senator] Bunning
replied. “Then there will be a reorganization and they’ll be able to jettison
things they couldn’t ordinarily jettison, like health care benefits, like
pension benefits and there will be someone to pick those up like the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corp. And then they will be able to restructure their
salaries to get more in line with foreign producers and they may come out
of bankruptcy a heck of a lot better off than they go into it.”" (1, 2)
-By Tom Curry -MSNBC
20071004
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Jeff
Sessions
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 Karl
Rove
- Ala
-  US
Attorneys - Money
- Political
-  Enforcement
- "Selective
Justice in Alabama?" ... "On may 8, 2002, Clayton
Lamar (Lanny) Young Jr., a lobbyist and landfill developer described by
acquaintances as a hard-drinking "good ole boy," was in an expansive mood.
In the downtown offices of the U.S. Attorney in Montgomery, Ala. [Alabama],
Young settled into his chair, personal lawyer at his side, and proceeded
to tell a group of seasoned prosecutors and investigators that he had paid
tens of thousands of dollars in apparently illegal campaign contributions
to some of the biggest names in Alabama Republican politics. According
to Young, among the recipients of his largesse were the state's former
attorney general [Alabama Republican Senator] Jeff Sessions, now a U.S.
Senator, and [Republican] William Pryor Jr., Sessions' successor as attorney
general and now a federal judge. Young, whose detailed statements are described
in documents obtained by TIME, became a key witness in a major case in
Alabama that brought down a high-profile politician and landed him in federal
prison with an 88-month sentence. As it happened, however, that official
was the top Democrat named by Young in a series of interviews, and none
of the Republicans whose campaigns he fingered were investigated in the
case, let alone prosecuted." ... "The case of Don Siegelman, the Democratic
former Governor of Alabama who was convicted last year on corruption charges,
has become a flash point in the debate over the politicization of the [Republican
President] Bush Administration's Justice Department. Forty-four former
state attorneys general — Republicans and Democrats — have cited "irregularities"
in the investigation and prosecution, saying they "call into question the
basic fairness that is the linchpin of our system of justice."" ... "[Republican]
Leura Canary, the U.S. Attorney whose office drove Siegelman's prosecution,
is married to Bill Canary, Alabama's most prominent political operative
and a longtime friend of [Republican] Karl Rove's. In May an Alabama lawyer
and Republican activist named Dana Jill Simpson gave a notarized statement
that she heard Canary say Rove "had spoken with the Department of Justice"
about "pursuing" Siegelman, with help from two of Alabama's U.S. Attorneys."
... "Young testified that he had furnished Siegelman with an all-terrain
vehicle and a motorcycle, lavishing money on the Governor and his aides.
But he was an equal-opportunity influence monger. Early in the investigation,
in November 2001, Young announced that five years earlier, he "personally
provided Sessions with cash campaign contributions," according to an FBI
memo of the interview. Prosecutors didn't follow up that surprising statement
with questions, but Young volunteered more. The memo adds that "on one
occasion he [Young] provided Session [sic] with $5,000 to $7,000 using
two intermediaries," one of whom held a senior position with Sessions'
campaign. On another occasion, the FBI records show, Young talked about
providing "$10,000 to $15,000 to Session [sic]. Young had his secretaries
and friends write checks to the Sessions campaign and Young reimbursed
the secretaries and friends for their contributions."" ... "If true, Young's
statements describe political money laundering that would be a clear violation
of federal law. In 1996, when Young said he had made the contributions,
it was illegal to give a candidate more than $1,000 for a primary or general
campaign." (1, 2,
3)
-By Adam Zagorin -TIME.com
20070629
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 David
Vitter - Trent
Lott
- Racism
- Politics
- Immigration
-  Legislation
- Civil
Rights -  History
-  Mass
-  La
- Ky
-  Miss
-  SC
- Ala
- 2008
Election - "Senate
immigration bill fails; issue "is going to have to wait."
... "The political battles that helped bring down sweeping immigration
legislation in the Senate are sure to rage on, although the bill is all
but dead until after the 2008 elections." ... "[Massachusetts Democratic
Senator] Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., one of the bill's architects, compared
the fight with the Senate's long struggle for civil-rights legislation
against segregationist opponents." ... ""You cannot stop the march for
progress in the United States," he declared." ... "To that, [Louisiana
Republican Senator] Sen. David Vitter, R-La., among the bill's most aggressive
foes, snapped: "To suggest this was about racism is the height of ugliness
and arrogance."" ... "Republicans on both sides acknowledged the immigration
fight had riven the GOP. Republican Senate aides, speaking on condition
of anonymity, said Senate Minority Whip [Mississippi Republican Senator]
Trent Lott, R-Miss., was furious with Minority Leader [Kentucky Republican
Senator] Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., over the leader's refusal to confront
the bill's most implacable opponents, who had virtually commandeered the
Senate floor, blocking introduction of amendments, refusing to offer amendments
of their own, then complaining that an unfair process was preventing them
from improving the bill." ... "Lott told McConnell that Sens. Vitter, [South
Carolina Republican Senator] Jim DeMint, R-S.C., and [Alabama Republican
Senator] Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., were becoming the uncompromising faces
of the Republican Party, a prospect that could set them back for years
as the Latino vote grows in power." -SeattleTimes.NWsource
20050917
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Alabama
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 Arizona
- Hurricane
Katrina - Disaster
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- "Looking
for a Corpse to Make a Case: Senators look for a
wealthy casualty of Katrina as evidence against the estate tax." ... "Federal
troops aren't the only ones looking for bodies on the Gulf Coast. On Sept.
9, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions called his old law professor Harold Apolinsky,
co-author of Sessions' legislation repealing the federal estate tax, which
was encountering sudden resistance on the Hill. Sessions had an idea to
revitalize their cause, which he left on Apolinsky's voice mail: "[Arizona
Sen.] Jon Kyl and I were talking about the estate tax. If we knew anybody
that owned a business that lost life in the storm, that would be something
we could push back with."" ... "If legislative ambulance chasing looks
like a desperate measure, for the backers of repealing the estate tax,
these are desperate times. Just three weeks ago, their long-sought goal
of repeal seemed within reach, but Katrina dashed their hopes when Republican
leaders put off an expected vote." -By Massimo Calbresi
with contributions by Amanda Ripley
-TIME.com
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