Birmingham Blues (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Dick Cheney is coming back to town on August 1 to raise money for Jeff Sessions and other Republican congressional candidates. I note he’s going to a slightly snazzier venue this time (Shoal Creek rather than The Club), but he’s cut the asking price in half. Last time those luncheon tickets were $1,000 [...]
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
A reader writes: I live in Montgomery, and I just called Jeff Sessions' DC office to register my frustration at Sessions' efforts to keep the HIV travel ban. I explained why I was calling to the woman who answered the...
War Liberal (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions opposes expansion of global AIDS program- al.com He says because of the $10 billion a year (for five years) price tag, which is absurd on the face of it. What’s $10 billion to the federal government? The real reason is that he hates gays. (Ironically, Troy King is a [...]
Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Efforts to repeal the prohibition on travelers with HIV from entering the U.S. has taken a tortured path. It had been held in the Senate under a filibuster, which ended last week on a 65-3 vote. Before the vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) named Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as the senator who was [...]
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
The Alabama senator, Jeff Sessions, is moving to keep the legislative provision that uniquely stigmatizes people with HIV in the law as inadmissable to the US. HRC has asked its members to email their senators. This is becoming a struggle....
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Efforts to pass a measure (S 2731) aimed at reauthorizing the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief failed on Friday after Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) rejected a request by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to vote on the bill, CQ Today reports.Reid had attempted to add in a substitute amendment fashioned last week (Graham-Silverman, CQ Today, 6/27).
Hot Air (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Energy policy at 3 pm ET!
The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
Some Libertarians are upset that Bob Barr's PAC still supports Bushite Republicans like Saxby Chambliss, Norm Coleman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Jeff Sessions. But why? Surely Libertarians knew they were getting a smart, accomplished public spokesman for gun rights and civil...
War Liberal (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
I was in a different courthouse than Scrushy yesterday, so I had to settle for getting a picture of Jeff Sessions’ Birmingham office. It’s probably not very clear, but there is cracked paint next to the Senate seal. Also, Shelby has a worse office with no seal, but I have been told that [...]
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The Hill reports that 14 Congressional Republicans are not endorsing John McCain . They are: Republican members who have not endorsed or publicly backed McCain include Sens. Chuck Hagel (Neb.) and Jeff Sessions (Ala.) and Reps. Jones, Peterson, John Doolittle (Calif.), Randy Forbes (Va.), Wayne Gilchrest (Md.), Virgil Goode (Va.), Tim Murphy (Pa.), Ron Paul (Texas), Ted Poe (Texas), Todd Tiahrt (Kan.),...
Defense Tech (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
A senior Senate lawmaker, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), told me this morning that he believes the Air Force suffers from systemic problems and must examine how it buys weapons, how it manages its forces and perhaps rebuild its long-term strategy in the face of today's changing international situation. Sessions a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and ranking member of its strategic...
A Bama Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions's discussed nuclear energy, the economy, and the GOP's prospects in Novemeber in a recent interview with the Huntsville Times .
War Liberal (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Alabama senators Sessions, Shelby critical of cap-and-trade global warming bill- al.com They insinuate that the Evil Little Troll opposes this sensible piece of legislation because he’s in the pocket of energy concerns. Political action committees affiliated with Southern Co. and several of its employees are regular contributors to the re-election accounts of both Alabama senators. Collectively they...
Republican Senate (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Amid a spate of very troubling polls come two that show incumbents in Dixie holding strong. In Alabama, Sen. Jeff Sessions leads state Sen. Vivian Figures, who is not actively campaigning, 62-29. Sessions’ favorable/unfavorable ratings sit at 72/19 while the lesser known Figures actually has a remarkable 33/42 rating, with 24% undecided. In neighboring [...]
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Rasmussen (5/27, likely voters, 4/2 in parens): Vivian Figures (D) : 29 (36) Jeff Sessions (R-inc) : 62 (57) (MoE: ±4%) Nothing to see here, folks.
