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Jeff Sessions

Former

Republican · AL · U.S. Senate

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.68
Healthcare
R+0.47
Immigration & Border
D+1.00
Guns
—
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+1.00
Environment & Energy
R+0.31
Crime & Policing
D+0.56
Defense & Veterans
R+0.33
Economy & Labor
R+0.70
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.35
Civil Rights & Social
D+1.00
Education
R+1.00
Government & Democracy
R+0.79
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+0.12

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Jeff Sessions's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Jeff Sessions (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightSessions

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Sessions's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Elisabeth Prince DeVos, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education
2017-02-07 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Education
YEA
Elisabeth Prince DeVos, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education
2017-02-06 · Motion for Attendance Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Education
YEA
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers".
2017-02-03 · Joint Resolution Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers".
2017-02-03 · Joint Resolution Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Elisabeth Prince DeVos, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education
2017-02-03 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Education
YEA
A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026.
2017-01-12 · Concurrent Resolution Agreed to · Taxes & Fiscal
NAY
WIIN Act
2016-12-10 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Environment & Energy, Government & Democracy, Economy & Labor
NAY
WIIN Act
2016-12-10 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Environment & Energy, Government & Democracy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017
2016-12-09 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Taxes & Fiscal, Defense & Veterans, Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
2016-12-08 · Conference Report Agreed to · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
21st Century Cures Act
2016-12-05 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Healthcare, Taxes & Fiscal, Economy & Labor, Crime & Policing
YEA
Iran Sanctions Extension Act
2016-12-01 · Bill Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade

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