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Senator Jefferson Sessions

Republican • Alabama • 3rd Term • Sworn In 1997

Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All

10 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 60 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 15 of 100)
155 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 41 of 100) 1 Made Into Law (Ranks 32 of 100)

Most often votes with:
Sen. Richard Shelby
Sen. Ben Nelson

Least often votes with:
Sen. Susan Collins
Sen. Sherrod Brown

Votes with party 90%
Abstains: 2%

Person's Views

Today: 82
Past Seven Days: 262
All-Time: 37,451

Most Recent Sponsored Bills

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Most Recent Co-Sponsored Bills

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Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

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Users tracking Jefferson Sessions (590) are also tracking:

Bills	People	Issues
H.R.45 Blair Holt's Firearm ... 137 H.R.3200 America's Affordable ... 115 H.R.2454 American Clean Energ... 89 H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2009 47 H.J.Res.5 Proposing an amendmen... 44	Sen. Shelby [R-AL] 543 Griffith [R-] 112 Rep. Bachus [R-AL] 108 Rep. Bonner [R-AL] 102 Rep. Rogers [R-AL] 97	Civil liberties 7 Immigration 6 Health care coverage and access 5 Firearms control 5 Energy 4

Users supporting Jefferson Sessions (31) are also:

Supporting Bill	Supporting Senator	Supporting Representative
H.R.1207 Federal Reserve Trans... 12 H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2009 10 H.R.197 National Right-to-Car... 7 S.J.Res.7 S.J.Res.7 5 H.R.226 Broadcaster Freedom A... 5	Sen. DeMint [R-SC] 12 Sen. Shelby [R-AL] 11 Sen. Coburn [R-OK] 8 Sen. McCain [R-AZ] 8 Sen. Grassley [R-IA] 7	Rep. Bachmann [R-MN] 6 Rep. Franks [R-AZ] 5 Rep. Aderholt [R-AL] 4 Rep. Bonner [R-AL] 4 Rep. Cole [R-OK] 4

Opposing Bill	Opposing Senator	Opposing Representative
S.773 Cybersecurity Act of ... 14 H.R.45 Blair Holt's Firearm ... 14 H.R.3200 America's Affordable ... 11 H.R.3590 Service Members Home ... 10 H.R.3962 Affordable Health Car... 10	Sen. Boxer [D-CA] 14 Sen. Reid [D-NV] 13 Sen. Snowe [R-ME] 10 Sen. Durbin [D-IL] 9 Sen. Schumer [D-NY] 9	Rep. Pelosi [D-CA] 10 Rep. Frank [D-MA] 9 Rep. Waxman [D-CA] 6 Rep. Rush [D-IL] 5 Rep. Rangel [D-NY] 5

Users opposing Jefferson Sessions (66) are also:

Supporting Bill	Supporting Senator	Supporting Representative
H.R.2454 American Clean Energ... 14 H.R.3200 America's Affordable ... 12 H.R.3548 Unemployment Compensa... 12 H.R.3590 Service Members Home ... 11 S.560 Employee Free Choice ... 11	Sen. Boxer [D-CA] 22 Sen. Sanders [I-VT] 20 Sen. Kerry [D-MA] 19 Sen. Franken [D-MN] 18 Sen. Durbin [D-IL] 17	Rep. Kucinich [D-OH] 10 Rep. Pelosi [D-CA] 10 Rep. Frank [D-MA] 10 Rep. Lee [D-CA] 9 Rep. Conyers [D-MI] 7

Opposing Bill	Opposing Senator	Opposing Representative
H.J.Res.5 H.J.Res.5 13 H.R.45 Blair Holt's Firearm ... 11 S.773 Cybersecurity Act of ... 10 H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2009 9 H.R.881 Right to Life Act 7	Sen. Shelby [R-AL] 37 Sen. McCain [R-AZ] 36 Sen. McConnell [R-KY] 32 Sen. Kyl [R-AZ] 29 Sen. Cornyn [R-TX] 28	Rep. Bachmann [R-MN] 16 Rep. Foxx [R-NC] 10 Rep. Cantor [R-VA] 9 Rep. Young [R-AK] 9 Rep. King [R-IA] 9

Videos of Jeff Sessions

Sessions: IRS Checks To Illegal Immigrants Part of Larger Border Problem
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
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May 10, 2012
4 minutes

Report: Domestic Energy Production Down On Federal Lands
Sen. Jefferson Sessions [R, AL]
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April 04, 2012
4 minutes

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Official website: http://www.sessions.senate.gov/

Address:
326 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Phone: 202-224-4124
Fax: 202-224-3149

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