A clerical mix-up in Mobile County District Court assigned U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby to represent an indigent defendant. The senator called the judge himself to sort it out.
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Sessions Takes the Senate Floor to Defend Alabama Workers and the Mobile Tanker Bid
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions used a Senate floor speech to answer a colleague’s slight against Alabama workers and to argue that the Pentagon had rewritten the aerial tanker bid rules against the aircraft that would be built at Brookley.
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A Mobile Reader Took Jeff Sessions to Task Over the Nation’s ‘Financial Soul’
In a letter to the editor, Mobile’s Pierre Pelham argued that Alabama’s senior senator had been silent when it counted – on the Iraq war and on the mortgage system – and had no standing to lecture on finance.
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A Mobile Law Student Finished a Summer on Capitol Hill in Shelby’s Office
Meg Demeranville, daughter of Dr. Charles and Kathy Demeranville of Mobile, completed an internship in Sen. Richard Shelby’s Washington office, sitting in on Banking Committee hearings and guiding Capitol tours.
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President Bush Was Set to Headline a $750,000 Sessions Fundraiser in Mobile
A June reception at the Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center, at $1,000 a ticket, aimed to raise $750,000 for Jeff Sessions’ 2008 re-election campaign, with the president himself as the draw.
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Shelby Vowed to Block Union Card-Check Bill, Citing Alabama’s Factories
Pointing to Mercedes, Honda, Hyundai and the new EADS facility in Mobile, Alabama’s senior senator said he had cosigned a letter with enough signatures to stop the Employee Free Choice Act in the Senate.
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Senate Passes Homeland Security Bill Carrying Mobile River Bridge and Coast Guard Aircraft Money
The full Senate approved a 2007 homeland security spending bill in July 2006 with $155.6 million for Coast Guard patrol aircraft trained on in Mobile and $4 million for the 14 Mile CSX bridge.
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Shelby Presses Senate to Restore Funding for Tanker That Could Be Built in Mobile
Alabama’s senior senator warned a Senate defense panel in July 2006 that cutting $203.9 million from the KC-135 tanker replacement program would delay a contract that could bring aircraft work to Mobile.
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Shelby Pressed the Case Against the Estate Tax, Calling It a Threat to Family Farms and Small Business
In June 2006, Sen. Richard Shelby argued that the federal estate tax, scheduled to return in 2011, threatened family farms and small businesses, and pressed for permanent repeal after a Senate defeat.
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Shelby Announced More Than $10 Million for Mobile-Area Projects in 2006 Spending Bill
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby announced in October 2005 that the Senate-passed FY 2006 transportation and housing spending bill carried more than $10 million for Mobile-area projects, including the State Docks and a federal courthouse.