SESSIONS, JEFF (a Senator from Alabama)
Amendments
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4149 [24MY]
Budget: increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S158 [22JA], S256 [26JA]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S2071, S2131 [25MR]
Contracts: enact certain laws relative to public contracts (H.R. 1107), S8401, S8441 [2DE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), S7179 [16SE], S7292, S7293 [21SE], S8717 [9DE]
Dept. of the Treasury: create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to make capital investments in eligible institutions to increase availability of credit for small businesses (H.R. 5297), S5621 [29JN], S5864 [14JY], S6451 [28JY]
Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), S626, S629 [22FE]
Financial institutions: improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), S3260 [5MY]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S626, S629 [22FE]
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S847, S887 [1MR], S955 [2MR], S4697, S4702 [8JN], S4729, S4746 [9JN], S5320 [23JN], S5448 [24JN]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1401 [10MR], S1448 [11MR], S1676 [17MR], S1754 [18MR]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): renewal, S10695 [18DE]
Articles and editorials
Bailout Nation v. Rule of Law, William Kristol, Weekly Standard (publication), S3688 [13MY]
Kagan and ObamaCare, Wall Street Journal, S5814 [14JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: eliminate sunset of provisions relative to the Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division leniency program (see S. 3259), S2709 [27AP]
Appropriations: establish an earmark moratorium (see S. 2990), S481 [4FE]
Armed Forces: mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see S. 455), S4529 [27MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 27), S482 [4FE]
Byrd, Robert C.: tribute (see S. Res. 572), S5489 [28JN]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 738), S5112 [17JN]
Copyrights: clarify, improve, and correct laws (see S. 3689), S6584 [2AU]
Courts: clarify that the revocation of an alien's visa or other documentation is not subject to judicial review (see S. 2935), S198 [25JA]
———prohibit recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments if they are inconsistent with U.S. law and provide victims of such suits a means to clear their name (see S. 3518), S5268 [22JN]
Dept. of Defense: provide for interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the U.S. and establish certain limitations on prosecution (see S. 3081), S1169 [4MR]
Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (see S. 3575), S5786 [13JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: provide authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relative to textile or apparel articles (see S. 3741), S7619 [28SE]
Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for prosecution in Article III courts of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (see S. 2977), S439 [2FE]
Dept. of the Interior: expedite review and appropriate approval of applications for shallow water drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico, Beaufort Sea, and Chukchi Sea (see S. Res. 608), S6884 [5AU]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see S. 504), S4529 [27MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see S. 3134), S7900 [15NO]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see S. 669), S3473 [10MY]
———share information about use of controlled substances by veterans with State prescription monitoring programs to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines (see S. 3575), S5786 [13JY]
Drugs: adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (see S. 1789), S2241 [13AP]
———clarify that persons who conspire or engage in conduct within the U.S. to possess, traffic, or abet traffickers of illegal drugs outside the U.S., may be criminally prosecuted in the U.S. (see S. 3218), S2377 [15AP]
EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see S.J. Res. 26), S122 [21JA]
FCC: encourage continued investment and innovation in communications networks by establishing a new competition analysis-based regulatory framework (see S. 3624), S6078 [21JY]
Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see S. 3826), S7352 [22SE]
Gulf of Mexico: honor workers who died on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform and extend condolences to the families and loved ones of the deceased crew members (see S. Res. 523), S3643 [12MY]
———recognize economic and environmental impacts of BP P.L.C., oil spill and urge BP to give all due consideration to offers of assistance, products, or services from States directly impacted (see S. Res. 582), S5850 [14JY] (see S. Res. 588), S6025 [20JY]
———waive compliance with the Jones Act to allow foreign-flagged vessels to assist in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see S. 3512), S5490 [28JN]
History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see S. 653), S6201 [22JY]
Iran: establish a program to support a transition to a freely elected, open democracy (see S. 3008), S797 [25FE]
Mathias, Charles McC., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 397), S251 [26JA]
Murtha, John P.: tribute (see S. Res. 413), S536 [9FE]
NASA: prohibit funding for termination of the Constellation Program (see S. 3180), S2115 [25MR]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 599), S6397 [28JY]
National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 204), S1620 [16MR]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support mission and goals (see S. Res. 486), S2377 [15AP]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 595), S6302 [27JY]
National Mediation Board: disapprove rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing (see S.J. Res. 30), S3536 [11MY]
National Stuttering Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 524), S3716 [13MY]
Oil Pollution Act: increase limits on liability for economic damages resulting from an oil spill (see S. 3375), S3716 [13MY]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (see S. Res. 511), S3092 [4MY]
Poland: express sympathy to citizens and surviving families of victims of airplane crash in Russia, solidarity with people and Polish-American communities, and support for restoration of leadership (see S. Res. 479), S2295 [14AP]
States: provide special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations issued in conjunction with the implementation of Federal laws (see S. 4020), S10304 [15DE]
Stevens, Ted: tribute (see S. Res. 617), S7000 [12AU]
Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see S. 3989), S8298 [30NO]
———ensure health coverage provided by the Dept. of Defense is treated as minimum essential coverage (see S. 3148), S1874 [23MR]
Terrorism: strike medals in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see S. 3034), S6078 [21JY]
Trademark Act: amend (see S. 2968), S340 [28JA]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: oppose ratification based on incompatibility with the U.S. Constitution, sovereignty, and the independence of families (see S. Res. 519), S4443 [26MY]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 3572), S7268 [21SE]
Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see S. 1067), S440 [2FE]
University of Alabama: tribute to football team (see S. Res. 389), S52 [20JA]
West Virginia: honor coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South, extend condolences to their families, and recognize efforts of emergency response workers at the mine disaster (see S. Res. 487), S2377 [15AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Immigration: provide for adjustment of status for certain long-term conditional residents (see S. 3702), S6736 [4AU]
Lee, Nelle Harper: anniversary of publication of ``To Kill a Mockingbird'' (see S. Res. 614), S6884 [5AU]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 597), S6397 [28JY]
Tariff: remove preferential treatment for sleeping bags under the Generalized System of Preferences (see S. 3823), S7352 [22SE]
Cloture motions
Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2091 [25MR]
E-mails
Elena Kagan interference with military recruiting activities while serving as Harvard Law School dean, S5192, S5193 [21JN]
Letters
Nomination of Elena Kagan to be Supreme Court Justice: C. Everett Koop, S6827 [5AU]
———Larry Hart, American Conservative Union, S6826 [5AU]
———Mark A. Mix, National Right to Work Committee, S6826 [5AU]
———Richard D. Land, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention, S6827 [5AU]
Nomination of Marisa J. Demeo to be District of Columbia Superior Court associate judge: Andrea Lafferty, Traditional Values Coalition, S2451 [20AP]
———Penny Nance, Concerned Women for America (organization), S2451 [20AP]
———Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum (organization), S2451 [20AP]
———Roy Beck, NumbersUSA (organization), S2451 [20AP]
Orderly and transparent bankruptcy process for non-bank financial institutions: James C. Duff, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S3688 [13MY]
———several law school professors, economists, and leaders, S3689 [13MY]
Restoring American Financial Stability Act: James C. Duff, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S2575 [22AP]
Motions
Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S4735 [9JN]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1715 [18MR]
Privilege of the floor
Breining, Brent, S10416 [16DE]
Questions and answers
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) hearing on William J. Martinez nomination to be district judge: with William J. Martinez, S10885 [21DE]
Remarks
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding, S2278 [14AP]
Appropriations: making continuing, S10891 [21DE]
———making emergency supplemental for disaster relief, summer youth jobs programs, and SBA loans program, and rescind amounts from certain accounts (H.R. 4899), S4111, S4122 [24MY], S4496 [27MY], S4567 [28MY]
Armed Forces: enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, S7241 [21SE]
Becker, Craig: nomination to the NLRB, S519 [9FE]
Bernanke, Ben S.: nomination to be Federal Reserve Board Chair, S211-S213 [26JA], S313 [28JA]
Budget: comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, S1294 [9MR]
———deficit, S235, S236 [26JA], S2145 [26MR], S2278 [14AP], S2395-S2397 [15AP], S4077 [20MY], S5143 [18JN], S7485 [27SE]
———increase statutory limit on the public debt (H.J. Res. 45), S223, S235 [26JA], S277 [28JA]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S2072 [25MR]
———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps, S223, S235, S236 [26JA], S277 [28JA], S847 [1MR], S980 [3MR], S1143 [4MR], S1346, S1348 [10MR], S1653-S1655 [17MR], S1696, S1701, S1716 [18MR], S4111, S4122 [24MY], S4496 [27MY], S4637 [8JN], S7485 [27SE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2010-2015, S7485 [27SE]
Chatigny, Robert N.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6486 [29JY]
Cole, James M.: nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, S8372 [2DE]
———nomination to be Deputy Attorney General, unanimous-consent request, S8371 [2DE]
Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, S7166-S7168 [16SE]
Courts: clarify and improve certain provisions relative to removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Federal courts (H.R. 5281), House amendment, S10648 [18DE]
———impact of personal activism in rulings by Federal judges, S7316 [22SE]
———ruling on California same sex marriage ban, S6744 [4AU]
Demeo, Marisa J.: nomination to be District of Columbia Superior Court associate judge, S2449-S2452 [20AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3454), motion to proceed, S7166-S7168 [16SE], S7241 [21SE]
———consideration of any unfair competitive advantage in evaluation of contract offers for the KC-X military air refueling tanker program (H.R. 6540), unanimous-consent request, S10961 [22DE]
———provide for interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the U.S. and establish certain limitations on prosecution, S3077 [4MY]
———provide for interrogation and detention of enemy belligerents who commit hostile acts against the U.S. and establish certain limitations on prosecution (S. 3081), S1217 [5MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: construction of fence along the southern border of the U.S., S6840 [5AU]
———U.S. Customs and Border Protection Southwest border staffing funding, S6840 [5AU]
Dept. of Justice: decision to prosecute individuals involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Federal court in New York, NY, S1216 [5MR]
———prosecution in Federal courts of individuals involved in terrorist attacks, S553 [11FE]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), House amendment, S10891 [21DE]
Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2145 [26MR]
———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S779 [25FE], S931 [2MR]
———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2097 [25MR], S2278 [14AP], S2396 [15AP]
———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2102 [25MR], S2145 [26MR]
Economy: increase U.S. global competitiveness, S7484 [27SE]
Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, S10439 [17DE]
EPA: disapprove rule relative to endangerment findings and regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (S.J. Res. 26), motion to proceed, S4820 [10JN]
FAA: reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system, S1348 [10MR]
Financial institutions: improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), S3456 [10MY], S3620 [12MY], S3686, S3688 [13MY], S4077 [20MY]
———improve accountability and transparency in the financial system, end ``too big to fail'', end bailouts, and protect consumers from abusive financial services practices (S. 3217), motion to proceed, S2574 [22AP]
———provide an orderly and transparent bankruptcy process for non-bank financial institutions, S3620 [12MY], S3686, S3688 [13MY]
Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 6517), S10439, S10440 [17DE]
Greenaway, Joseph A., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S519 [9FE]
Gulf of Mexico: authorization of National Guard members to assist oil leak clean-up, S5066 [17JN]
———Federal response to oil leak caused by oil rig explosion, S4916 [15JN], S5069 [17JN]
———waive compliance with the Jones Act to allow foreign-flagged vessels to assist in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S5069 [17JN]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S1707, S1713 [18MR]
———require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility for any national health care plan, S2071, S2072 [25MR]
Honor Flight Tennessee Valley (organization): tribute, S7612
Housing: reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, S3456 [10MY]
Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, S10648 [18DE]
———cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 3992), S8548 [6DE]
———cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 3992), motion to proceed, S8621, S8622, S8626 [8DE], S8665 [9DE]
Kagan, Elena: evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to decision as Solicitor General on ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy challenge by a Washington Air Force Reserve unit member, S5980-S5983 [19JY]
———evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to interference with military recruiting activities while serving as Harvard Law School dean, S4108 [24MY], S5191, S5192 [21JN], S5980-S5983 [19JY], S6604, S6627, S6628, S6637 [3AU], S6707, S6708, S6745 [4AU], S6825 [5AU]
———evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to positions on right to keep and bear arms, S6804, S6806, S6807, S6809, S6810, S6825 [5AU]
———evaluation of nomination to be Supreme Court Justice relative to role in development of Clinton administration policy on partial-birth abortion, S6605 [3AU]
———involvement in evaluation of health care reform legislation or pending lawsuits in role as Solicitor General relative to possible recusals as Supreme Court Justice, S5812, S5813, S5814 [14JY]
———nomination to be Supreme Court Justice, S4108-S4110 [24MY], S4969 [16JN], S5182-S5184, S5191 [21JN], S5812, S5813, S5814 [14JY], S5980-S5983 [19JY], S6379-S6381 [28JY], S6602, S6627, S6628, S6637 [3AU], S6703, S6707, S6708, S6744 [4AU], S6804, S6806, S6807, S6809, S6810, S6822, S6825 [5AU]
———release of documents from William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum relative to White House service during Clinton administration, S4109 [24MY]
Keenan, Barbara Milano: nomination to be circuit judge, S909 [2MR]
Law enforcement: expand Operation Streamline to Tucson, AZ, sector to increase prosecution and imprisonment of illegal border crossers, S4567 [28MY], S6840 [5AU]
Liu, Goodwin: nomination to be circuit judge, S6486 [29JY]
Martin, Beverly Baldwin: nomination to be circuit judge, S15 [20JA]
Martinez, William J.: impact of ACLU affiliation on suitability to be district judge, S10868-S10871, S10885, S10887 [21DE]
———nomination to be district judge, S10868-S10871, S10885, S10887 [21DE]
Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S1294 [9MR], S1707 [18MR]
Moeller, Chester C., II: College Football Hall of Fame inductee, S4617
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 597), S7130 [15SE]
National security: deploy National Guard to assist U.S.-Mexico border control activities, S4567 [28MY]
———improve border security through reductions in unobligated appropriations under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S4567 [28MY]
———making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security (H.R. 5875), S6840 [5AU]
Navy: littoral combat ship program funding, S10891 [21DE]
New York, NY: arrest of suspect in attempted car bombing in Times Square, S3077 [4MY]
Nuclear energy: assess role in national energy policy, S2449 [20AP]
Obama, President: proposal to freeze discretionary spending, S360-S362 [29JA]
———State of the Union Message, S359-S362 [29JA]
Oil Pollution Act: ensure any increase in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund be used for oil spill clean-up, S5144 [18JN]
Pearson, Benita Y.: impact of Animal Legal Defense Fund (organization) affiliation on suitability to be district judge, S10885 [21DE]
———nomination to be district judge, S10885 [21DE]
Peterson, Rosanna Malouf: nomination to be district judge, S183 [25JA]
Point of order, S1716 [18MR], S4077 [20MY]
Porteous, G. Thomas, Jr.: impeachment, S10405 [16DE]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S15 [20JA], S519 [9FE], S909 [2MR], S2508 [21AP], S6484 [29JY], S7314-S7316 [22SE]
Russia: characterize trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev as a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that serves as a test of the rule of law and Russian judicial independence (S. Res. 189), S5182 [21JN]
Sargeant, Winslow L.: nomination to be SBA Chief Counsel for Advocacy, unanimous-consent request, S2090 [25MR]
Senate: legislative program, S10868 [21DE]
Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S108-S110 [21JA], S276 [28JA]
Taxation: allow expensing of certain real property (S. 3083), S1232 [5MR]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S847 [1MR], S980 [3MR], S1143 [4MR], S1294 [9MR]
———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S4637 [8JN], S4916 [15JN], S5143 [18JN]
———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1346, S1348 [10MR], S1653 [17MR], S1696, S1701, S1716 [18MR]
———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (S. 3773), S8331 [1DE]
TVA: lifting of holds on nominations to Board of Directors relative to representation of Alabama, S6865 [5AU]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): amend preamble to acknowledge interrelationship between nonstrategic and strategic offensive arms, S10719, S10720 [19DE]
———amend preamble to strike language relative to interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms, S10466, S10472 [17DE], S10680, S10681 [18DE]
———impact on national security and nuclear proliferation activities by other countries, S3779-S3781 [14MY]
———prohibit constraints on U.S. ability to develop missile defense systems, S10488 [17DE], S10957 [22DE]
———provide for return of stolen U.S. military equipment, S10901, S10902 [21DE]
———renewal, S10334, S10336 [16DE], S10466, S10472, S10488, S10493 [17DE], S10680, S10681 [18DE], S10719, S10720 [19DE], S10901, S10902 [21DE], S10957, S10958, S10960 [22DE]
Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S779 [25FE], S2097 [25MR], S2145 [26MR]
Vanaskie, Thomas I.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2508 [21AP]
Votes: correction, S467 [4FE]
Tributes
Boyd, Stephen, S10300 [15DE]
Breining, Brent, S10891 [21DE]
Hayes, Ron, S8055
Howard, Robert L., S941
Satterfield, William H., S1811
Shute, Melissa, S10300 [15DE]
Specter, Senator, S10858 [21DE]
Woodham, Brannon, S2292