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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 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 »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 budget on Capitol Hill February...
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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 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 »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
We may not be able to continue them at the rate they are or may not be able to continue them at all
We need to more appropriately allocate spending reductions
I think a lot of people were hoping this would solve their problems and they could have a good Thanksgiving and a good Christmas
