Senator Richard Shelby (R)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/04/1986
Next Election: 2016
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Annette; 2 Children: Richard Jr., Claude Nevin
Birth date: 05/06/1934
Birthplace: Birmingham, AL
Home City: Tuscaloosa AL
Religion: Presbyterian

Profession

Lawyer, 1963-1978 Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Alabama, 1969-1971 Prosecutor, City of Tuscaloosa, 1963-1971 United States Commissioner, Northern District of Alabama, 1966-1970 Law Clerk, Alabama Supreme Court, 1961-1962

Education

LLB, University of Alabama, 1963 BA, University of Alabama, 1957

Committees

Appropriations
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Rules and Administration
Special Committee on Aging
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee on Energy And Water Development
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

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