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Sessions, a Republican from Alabama, is the ranking member on the Senate Committee on the Budget. Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin’s 1st District, is chairman of the House Committee on the Budget. President Obama has delivered the last budget of...
Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama balked at the increase in transportation spending recommended by President Obama’s 2013 budget, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood did not mince words: “America is one big pothole,” he said. Secretary LaHood defended...
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (C) greets Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (2nd R) and Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) (L) before a hearing about the Obama Administration's FY2013 federal... View Photo »
It’ll take one half of the $1.2 trillion cuts that result from the failure of the committee — around $600 billion
Acting Director Jeffrey Zients appeared before the Senate Budget Committee today to answer questions about President Obama’s FY 2013 budget, and he had a rough go of it. Trying to defend the indefensible, he repeatedly found himself tongue-tied. At one...
President released his budget for FY 2013 yesterday which analysts and critics have began to comb over and comment on. During a heated exchange in Washington this morning, Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Sen. Jeff Sessions struggled to get an...
“Do you propose to spend more money over the next ten years than what the Budget Control Act and current law would cause us to spend?” Sessions asked. Via Instapundit. So, the president plans to increase spending over the levels he and Congress agreed...
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. Sen. Jeff Session (R-AL) (2nd L), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, speaks during a press conference on U.S. President Barack Obama's 2013 budget proposal at the U.S. Capitol February 13, 2012 in... View Photo »
But they wanted a real change in the systemic direction that our nation is taking, a direction to decline, the economic decline ... And we've got to get off that path.
The Senate Budget Committee Republican staff found that the proposed budget would raise spending by $1.5 trillion. With that statistic in hand, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking Republican on the committee, asked Zients a simple question: would...
Republicans responded with a combination of disgust and dismay to Obama's spending proposal for fiscal year 2013, which starts Oct 1. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. , dismissed the president's proposal as "a campaign document." The top...
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is the junior United States Senator from Alabama. He is a member of the Republican Party. Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. Sen. Jeff Session (R-AL) (2nd L), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, speaks during a press conference on U.S. President Barack Obama's 2013 budget proposal at the U.S. Capitol February 13, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama's budget proposes...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (L) talks with U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) during a press conference about U.S. President Barack Obama's 2013 budget at the U.S. Capitol February 13, 2012 in Washington, DC. Barrasso said, 'I believe the president has...
View Photo »Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , the Senate Budget Committee's ranking Republcian, second from left, leads a group of Republican senators news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, to voice opposition to President Barack Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget. From...
View Photo »US Senator Jeff Sessions (R), R-AL, speaks with US Seantor Chuck Grassley, R-IA, as Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on 'The Outlook for U.S. Monetary and Fiscal Policy' on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 7, 2012.
View Photo »Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. , right, accompanied by Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee's ranking member, left, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. , speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, to discuss President...
View Photo »Having labeled it "Debt on Arrival," Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , the Senate Budget Committee's ranking Republican, left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. , react to President Barack Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington...
View Photo »From left, Sen. David Vitter, R-La. , Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. , and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. , prepare for a news conference on Capitol Hill Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13,2012, to voice their opposition...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 2: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) listens during the National Prayer Breakfast February 2, 2012 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama spoke at the breakfast, defending his economic policies in an echo of his recent State of the Union address.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 2: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) takes his seat while being applauded by first lady Michelle Obama (L) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) after addressing the National Prayer Breakfast February 2, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama defended his economic policies,...
View Photo »President Barack Obama and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , center, join author and keynote speaker Eric Metaxas, right, in singing Amazing Grace at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
View Photo »Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee, left, accompanied Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. , criticizes the economic policies of both Obama and Senate Democrats, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama talks with U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) during the 60th annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington February 2, 2012.
View Photo »President Barack Obama is applauded by first lady Michelle Obama and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. after speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
View Photo »President Barack Obama, flanked by, first lady Michelle Obama, and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , prays during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
View Photo »President Barack Obama hugs Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 15: U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (L) asks questions as Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) (R) listens during a joint hearing on Nuclear Regulatory Commission before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee...
View Photo »Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. speaks on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011, during a hearing of the Committee on the Budget and the Task Force on Government Performance.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (L) holds up a copy of Barron's during a hearing with committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) on Capitol Hill November 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. Congressional Budget Office Director Doug...
View Photo »In advance of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee, left, followed by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. , arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, where...
View Photo »Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , left, greets Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. , right, following a Senate vote that clears the way for debate on a bill that would impose tariffs on Chinese imports as a penalty for currency manipulation Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) listens during a news conference September 8, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Senate Republicans held a news conference to discuss jobs, the economy, and President Barack Obama speech on jobs tonight.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) (C) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) listen during a news conference September 8, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Senate...
View Photo »Sens. John Thune, R-S.D. , left, and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , leave a news conference where they talked about what they hope to hear in the address of President Barack Obama to the joint session of Congress and where they hope to work with the president to create private sector jobs on...
View Photo »Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , left, and Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind. , walk down marble stairs from the Senate floor to a closed-door meeting with other GOP senators as work on the debt-limit crisis continues on Capitol Hill, Saturday evening, July 30, 2011.
View Photo »Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. , the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, shows his Budget Hero shirt at the Wilson Center's re-launching of the "Budget Game" on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, July 13, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. Sen. Jeff Session (R-AL) (2nd L), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, speaks during a press conference on U.S. President Barack Obama's 2013 budget proposal at the U.S. Capitol February 13, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama's budget proposes...
View Photo »It’ll take one half of the $1.2 trillion cuts that result from the failure of the committee — around $600 billion
But they wanted a real change in the systemic direction that our nation is taking, a direction to decline, the economic decline ... And we've got to get off that path.
We don't have the money to continue to borrow ... to fund these programs
I think a lot of people were hoping this would solve their problems and they could have a good Thanksgiving and a good Christmas
We may not be able to continue them at the rate they are or may not be able to continue them at all
If the super committee fails, I think there will be a stark realization by every member of the U.S. Senate that we're at the end of the year and these complex challenges have not been dealt with ... It's likely to be a really difficult period.
The commander in chief is absent from battle ... He should be leading in this.
We need to more appropriately allocate spending reductions
It fell apart I think because the president wanted an issue, not a solution
If the supercommittee fails, I think there will be a stark realization by every member of the U.S. Senate that we’re at the end of the year and these complex challenges have not been dealt with ... It’s likely to be a really difficult period.
The pattern around here is, that once a tax increase is passed, it’s there ... But a promise of a spending cut in the future very often does not become a reality.
People will make many promises about what this deal will be about if it passes … hopefully they’ll reach an agreement that’s one that can be honestly defended and that we’ll all be happy to vote for
More and more, we’re hearing that coming out of this recession is going to be a long, tough, slow slog
It’s less than a week until the deadline, and no language has been made public, and the American people should be able to make their voice heard before the committee votes. Because the truth is, once that vote happens, there’ll be no opportunity to change their product
These committees have not followed through on that in the past
But what we’ve seen so far indicates that secret deals, while they remain secret, are promoted to be far better than they are when you begin to see what’s really in them. The devil will always be in the details
