Senate Sessions Research

1. Jeff Sessions was first elected to the senate in 1996. He was recently elected in 2014 so his term will be over and up for reelection in 2020.
2. Senate Committee on the Judiciary is one of the committees Jeff is on. He is a senior member of this committee and he is the chairman of the subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest. Another subcommittee is on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights, and Federal Courts. He is also apart the committee on Armed Service. Sessions is the chairman on the subcommittee on Strategic Forces. The other subcommittee is on Airland. Senator Sessions is also a ranking member of the committee on the Budget. He is also apart of the committee on Environment and Public Works, and he is a serves on the following subcommittee, which are, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, and Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety.
3. Jeff Sessions ranks 18th in seniority in the Senate. He is also the 9th ranked Republican for seniority in the Senate.
4. Jeff Sessions top 5 major contributors are McWane Inc, Northrop Grumman, Parker Towing, Drummond Co, and Bradley, Arant et al.
5. If Jeff Sessions resigns, the governor of Alabama will appoint a replacement. Then the state legislator will have to schedule a special election. 
6. The potential replacements for Senator Sessions are Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, Martha Roby a congresswomen for the 2nd district of Alabama, Robert Aderholt a congressman a representative of the 4th district in Alabama, and Mo Brooks a congressman a representative of the 5th district of Alabama.
7. Nominating Senator Sessions as the Attorney General. The responsibilities of the Attorney General are represent the United States in legal matters, gives legal advice to the president and the cabinet, represents the USA government in the Supreme Court of the United States, and supervises and direct administration and operation of the offices, boards, divisions, and bureaus that compromise the department. 
8. Jeff being nominated has had some controversy because he has had a history of being accused of racism. 
9. In order to become the Attorney General, its a two step process in the senate. The first step is the Judiciary department the the majority of the senate has to vote on the nominee. 
10. The Attorney General for President Obama was Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, and Mark Filip(acting). The Attorney General for President Bush was Michael Mukasey, Peter Keisler (acting), and Paul Clement(acting). The Attorney General for President Clinton was Janet Reno.