Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Sunday morning that the credibility of the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill sponsors is in question as the truth about the bill continues to come out. “When the Gang of Eight first announced their immigration
On Friday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) criticized Sen. Marco Rubio for implying that Republicans merely needed to pass an immigration bill with amendments suggesting “serious steps” are being taken to secure the country’s borders. “I am not encouraged by Senator
Mark Levin interviews Sen. Jeff Sessions on the “Gang of Eight” Immigration Bill…
On Tuesday Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) cited “Biblical compassion” as a reason to support the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. Rubio told CBN that he supports the bill because “[o]ur faith has always been about compassion and it compels you to do
Data compiled by Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions’ (R-AL) staff reveal that over the next ten years taxpayers will spend over five times as much on food stamps as on job training and education for America’s veterans. Food
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said Friday the Senate’s immigration bill will “hammer working Americans.” Sessions has been a vocal opponent to the immigration reform bill, stating that the bill gives preferential treatment to foreign-born workers over US job seekers. “This
New charts from Senate Budget Committee Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) show the dramatic rise in food stamp enrollments and welfare spending. Over the last decade, thirty million more individuals have signed up for food stamps. *** U.S. welfare spending last
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post compared Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to Jim Crow-era segregationist (Democrat) Alabama governor George Wallace: “Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, former Obama chief of staff-turned-Treasury Secretary Jack Lew offered two conflicting yet carefully worded answers as to when he first learned that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had targeted Tea Party and conservative groups: he
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) claimed on Breitbart News Sunday that the “Gang of Eight” U.S. Senators did not in fact write the 844-page immigration bill, but special interest groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
On Breitbart News Sunday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) blasted the “geniuses” in the GOP who still do not understand Republicans lost the presidency in 2012 because they did not fully earn the support of working class Americans. Sessions said this
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions estimates about 57 million new people, immigrants and people with nonimmigrant visas, will be entering the United States to compete with middle class Americans for their jobs if the “Gang of Eight”
Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) told Boston’s conservative radio host Howie Carr on Wednesday that the political momentum is starting to turn against the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. When Carr asked the senator if this
In a video published on YouTube Friday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) argues to his constituents why he and other Senators did not include input from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in their immigration bill. Rubio informed his viewers that while he did meet with
On the Senate floor, Thursday morning, Senator Jeff Sessions expressed amazement that “law enforcement officers in America are being directed not to follow plain law”. On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the Sec of Homeland Security “doesn’t have the ability
Today, in a 38 page decision, a federal Judge found that “DHS does not have discretion to refuse to initiate removal proceedings” when the law requires it. Via The Washington Examiner: O’Connor asked DHS and the ICE union to offer additional
During a Senate hearing on immigration reform, Tuesday, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions butt heads with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano over the performance of ICE officials. Under his tough questioning, he was able to get her to admit
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “Our immigration bill has received widespread support and praise…the American people are overwhelmingly in favor of immigration reform, And will not be satisfied with calls for delays and impediments towards the bill. I would say to
(AP) Judiciary Committee takes up immigration billBy ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONA far-reaching new immigration bill is getting its first test at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where opponents of the legislation will be able to face off with its authors. The
Law enforcement officials from around the country coalesced on Thursday against the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, arguing that it did not solve of the nation’s immigration law problems and railing on the senators involved for not including law
JONATHAN KARL, SUBSTITUTE HOST: George, right to you. You heard a debate among Republicans on immigration. Which side should the Republican Party come down on? GEORGE WILL: Every conservative sympathizes with what Jeff Sessions was saying about not rewarding law
On Wednesday, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said that President Barack Obama’s proposed budget would “depress the American economy under a never-ending avalanche of debt” that is “not merely reckless; it’s unthinkable.” Sessions said the
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a member of the so-called bipartisan “Gang of Eight” pushing immigration reform, disagrees with Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Jeff Sessions’ staff’s analysis of immigration reform’s impact on the U.S. entitlement system. The Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) is using the Republican National Committee (RNC) to bolster his attack on Republicans opposed to rushing through an unexamined comprehensive immigration reform package. Leahy made the move in his letter berating Alabama
Chris Crane, National ICE Council President, released the following statement, on Friday: As an ICE officer, and as theunion representative for 7,000 ICE agents, officers and support staff, Iapplaud the Senators who authored the letter to Chairman Leahyregarding the need
Thursday night, during a series of votes on amendments to the Senate Democrat budget draft, Democrats rejected a move by GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions to recommit the draft to committee to be rewritten to achieve balance in 10 years. Session’s
After four years of the Democrat-led Senate failing to produce a budget, the Senate Budget Committee began work Wednesday on a budget at a committee mark-up session. Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) blasted Senate Democrats
GOP: In anticipation of next week’s unveiling of Senate Democrats’ first budget in four years, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) cautions that the tax gimmicks and new spending that will be included in their budget will grow the government, not
WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) — With Senate Democrats set to unveil their budget plan next week, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions says he fears the plan will “crush American workers.” The Alabama senator’s remarks came during the GOP’s weekly media address
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) delivers remarks on the Senate floor pertaining to immigration reform and the need for enforcement.
On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced they’d be using the sequester as an excuse to release illegal immigrant detainees. The announcement came in the lead-up to sequestration’s launch on March 1, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement stating: In order to
The office of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), released a statement from the senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee last Friday criticizing the national Chamber of Commerce “for putting cheap foreign labor above the interests of taxpayers, American workers and
Thursday morning, Glenn Kessler, so-called “fact checker” for the Washington Post, gave three Pinocchios to Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) for his claim in a chart that “Total Welfare Spending Equates To $168 Per Day For Every Household In Poverty.” What
Federal law specifically states that any alien granted entry into the United States must be financially self-sufficient so as not to become a “public charge” dependent on welfare. But new data from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reveals that
At the Senate’s first hearing this year on immigration reform, Senator Jeff Sessions asked Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano if anyone from the administration had met with ICE agents to address their concerns. Low moral has been a problem for
On Thursday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, said it could be “difficult” for the Senate to confirm Barack Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, if Congress did not receive documents from the
Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) sent a letter to Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Jeffrey Zients inquiring about Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew’s role in allegedly violating federal law. “Given that the
With all the grandstanding and spin surrounding the gun-control debate, it’s nice to see someone asking a fairly obvious question: Why aren’t we prosecuting criminals using guns? Really, a simple and critical question. According to Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), prosecutions
On Wednesday, the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said he plans to vigorously oppose President Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary nominee Jack Lew. “Jack Lew must never be Secretary of Treasury,” said Mr. Sessions in a
Remember when Nancy Pelosi said, speaking in 2009 of ObamaCare, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it …”? Here we go again. The Obama Administration, in a time of desperation over
