Sen. Jefferson B. Sessions

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Jeff" Birthdate: b. 12/24/1946 Birthplace: Hybart, AL District: represents AL Political Party: Republican Religion: Methodist Education: JD, University of Alabama, 1973 BA, Huntingdon College, 1969. Last elected in 2002 receiving 792,561 (59.0%) votes. Official website

Money Raised $4,004,237 (#25) Spent 34% (#541) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 57% (#210) From PACs 19% (#493) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks No information available.
Voting Analysis Ideology 62% right-wing (#62) Predictable 89% (#395) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 23 times (#36) Avg. length 2,005 words (#34) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 752 (#337) Introduced 84 (#193) Debated 21 (#97) Enacted 8 (#84) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 60% (3/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Cecilia A Wallace $25,000 on June 27, 2007 2 Sandy Hammer $23,400 on June 27, 2007 3 Daniel G Elcan $12,500 on June 8, 2007 4 Suzanne H Kirby $10,000 on June 27, 2007 5 Thomas B Jr Bender $10,000 on June 27, 2007 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $264,500 2 Homemaker $125,850 3 Retired $106,950 4 Balch Bingham $49,050 5 Alabama Power Company $26,300 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. M Stanford Blanton - Balch & Bingham Llp $5,000 2 Mr. James H. Hancock, Jr. - Balch & Bingham Llp $5,000 3 Mr. Michael J. Davis Ii - Balch & Bingham Llp $5,000 4 Mr. H. Adam Lawrence - Southern Company $5,000 5 Mr. William H Satterfield - Balch & Bingham Llp $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 300088 (GovTrack), N00003062 (OpenSecrets), S001141 (Congressional Bio), 49700 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S6AL00195 (FEC)