BACKGROUND
Sessions was Attorney General of Alabama when he was elected to the Senate in 1997. He chairs no committees but sits on the Judiciary, Armed Services, Health, and Education, Labor and Pensions committees as well as the Joint Congressional Economic Committee. He was a Methodist Sunday school teacher in Mobile and has been vocal in his views on partial-birth abortion and marriage along with Alabama's other Senator, Richard Shelby.

PREMISE OF THE SUIT
Diamonds are members of the U.S. Senate. There are two Senators for each state in the union, regardless of population. After working out differences in conference with House, the Senate passes the legislation that becomes the "law of the land." The most powerful Senators are the majority leadership and the committee chairs, which are always members of the majority party. Chairmen of the subcommittees of Appropriations are known as 'Cardinals' due to the power they wield over the allocation of federal funds. Senators serve for six-year terms and are in power because you voted for them.

LINKS
http://sessions.senate.gov/
www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/e_one_section_
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