Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) said the Senate was trying to avoid a government shutdown, and they did not have the money for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump has
Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) defended Attorney General Jeff Sessions, his former U.S. Senate colleague from Alabama, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s continuing criticisms of him. Shelby said, “Well, he is a strong guy a man
President Donald Trump continued criticizing his own Attorney General Tuesday as support for Jeff Sessions poured in from across the political right.
The Alabama Republican senator, who “introduced” Sen. Jeff B. Sessions III (R.-Ala.) to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday told Breitbart News he was thrilled to stand by his friend. The senator watched as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s attorney general nominee handled himself with poise and intelligence during the day’s confirmation hearing.
A Capitol Hill source familiar with Scott’s motivations for speaking out in favor of Sessions told Breitbart News Scott’s statement was not prompted by Booker’s break of protocol. Rather, the source said, Scott was motivated by his own friendship and working relationship with Sessions, whose reputation under an unfair attack.
Ten days before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes over the executive branch, his top cabinet nominees are scheduled to appear on Capitol Hill in front of the appropriate Senate committees before upper chamber votes on whether to confirm them for federal service.
