Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Sessions & Shelby Do Something Right!

WSFA Channel 12
Alabama's Two U.S. Senators Vote to Reverse Part Of Patriot Act

March 20, 2007 07:26 PM PDT

Alabama's two U.S. Senators, Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby joined the majority to reverse a provision in the Patriot Act.

This vote concerns the Bush Administration's firing of 8 U.S. Prosecutors.

Shelby and Sessions took the Democrat's side, and voted to end the administration's ability to fill U.S. Attorney vacancies with White House loyalists.

The House has not considered the bill.
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While this isn't a vote to repeal the entire Patriot Act it is a small step in the right direction. I do believe this is the first time Sessions and Shelby have done anything that I have approved of. They generally tend to be terrible embarassments to the state of Alabama. Please write them a note and let them know you appreciate their vote on this matter and push them to repeal the whole Patriot Act.


1 comment:

The Alabama Moderate said...

How did that happen? Was Jeff Sessions suddenly clubbed over the head or something?