[206] During the primary, Alabama's senior senator Richard Shelby asked Trump to stay out of the race. Such settlement funding had been made available for the cleanup of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Volkswagen emissions scandal. [55] He was on the short list to become Trump's running mate and was widely seen as a potential Cabinet secretary in a Trump administration. "[182], In April 2017, while on a radio talk show, Sessions said that he was "amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the President of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and Constitutional power".

[165][166], On March 27, 2017, Sessions told reporters that sanctuary cities failing to comply with policies of the Trump administration would lose federal funding, and cited the shooting of Kathryn Steinle as an example of an illegal immigrant committing a heinous crime.

The organization made two nominations for the award. Granade denied this. [271] In April 2016, he said that it was important to foster "knowledge that this drug is dangerous, you cannot play with it, it is not funny, it's not something to laugh about ... and to send that message with clarity that good people don't smoke marijuana". [67][68], On January 10, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on his nomination began[69] and were interrupted by protesters. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama (1981–1993), Failed nomination for federal trial court judgeship (1986), Attorney General of the United States (2017–2018), Recusal from election investigation, and relationship with President Trump, Unite the Right rally violence and civil rights investigation. Infinitivo: nominar 2863 (Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006)", S. Rept. [75] In silencing Warren, McConnell uttered the phrase "Nevertheless, she persisted"; the phrase was later adopted by the feminist movement in referring to women's persistence in breaking barriers.

Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapter, Register to vote and apply for an absentee ballot today. Part of HuffPost Politics. "From a budget point of view he has seen both ends of the spectrum and that gives him a good perspective to start from.". [2] Sessions, his father, and his grandfather were named after Jefferson Davis, a U.S. senator and president of the Confederate States of America,[3] and P. G. T. Beauregard, a veteran of the Mexican-American War and a Confederate general who oversaw the Battle of Fort Sumter that commenced the American Civil War.

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[267], Sessions has also said regarding the appointment of a gay Supreme Court justice, "I do not think that a person who acknowledges that they have gay tendencies is disqualified, per se, for the job"[268] but "that would be a big concern that the American people might feel—might feel uneasy about that". Indications that Burr may be open to supporting Ratcliffe's nomination could suggest he's willing to help push the nomination through without support from Democrats, some of whom have already made clear they will not vote to confirm him. Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama", "Ancestry of Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III", "Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track", "10 Things You Didn't Know About Jeff Sessions", "For Trump's AG nominee Jeff Sessions, race is great battle not fought", "Key Player: Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. | Online NewsHour", "SESSIONS, Jefferson Beauregard III (Jeff)", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "Alabama Senator Sessions stumps for Trump in Florida", "Jeff Sessions resigns: What's next for Mueller investigation? [20][29] He also testified that "Mr. [171] Federal judges in Chicago, San Francisco, and Philadelphia have rejected Sessions' efforts. These four cases are awfully weak evidence of Sessions' supposed commitment to civil rights. [114][115][116], On June 13, 2017, Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee after canceling testimonies before the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.