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...tried to block a vote on the appointment of David F. Hamilton, a rather moderate jurist, to a federal appeals court. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama explained the GOP's about-face by saying: "I think the rules have changed." That...

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In their quest to thwart President Obama, Republicans do not fear the hobgoblin of consistency. For much of this decade, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, now the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, led the fight against Democratic...

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...nominees. There are 876 court seats, mostly for the regionally based courts of appeals and lower district courts. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., who led the opposition to Hamilton, argued that Hamilton's record met his definition of...

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By Susan Crabtree - 11/17/09 03:10 PM ET Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is questioning the motive behind what he sees as the Justice Department's reluctance to provide information about the Fort Hood massacre to congressional...

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Senator Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said Monday that he would support a filibuster on Tuesday in an effort to block an up-or-down vote on confirming David F. Hamilton to be a federal appeals court...

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...barack obama, congress, democrats, gop, harry reid, religion, republicans, senate, white house, jeff sessions, senate judiciary committee Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, today told reporters that he plans on...

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Jeff Sessions to try to filibuster Obama judicial nominee Jeff Sessions says he'll try to filibuster the Obama administration's first nominee for the federal bench. Photo: AP The Politico 44 / Click Story Widget Requires Adobe Flash...

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...Jeff-Sessions, Kbr, Kbr Iraq, KBR Rape Allegations, Kbr Rape Case, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Senator Jeff Sessions, Politics News What's Your Reaction? Republican senators are somehow surprised by negative...

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...said they oppose a decision to try in the United States five alleged terrorists who are charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby called Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s decision to conduct trials in...

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