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'''Richard Shelby''' (1934-) is a [[U.S. Senator]] from the state of [[Alabama]]. First elected in 1986 as a member of the [[U.S. Democratic Party]], he switched to, and remains in, the [[U.S. Republican Party]] as of 1994. His current term expires in 2010. | |||
Prior to the Senate, he was a [[U.S. Representative]] between 1979 and 1987; an Alabama State Senator from 1970 to 1970, and Legislative Counsel to the Alabama Senate between 1977 and 1980. Before that, he was in the private practice of law from 1963 to 1978, also serving as State Special Assistant Attorney General, 1969-1971; Prosecutor, City of Tuscaloosa, 1963-1971; United States Commissioner, [[Northern District of Alabama]], 1966-1970. | |||
==Blanket holds== | |||
==Committees== | |||
*[[U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations]] | |||
*Ranking minority member, [[U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs]] | |||
*[[U.S. Senate Committee on Special Committee on Aging]] | |||
==Caucuses and other groups== | |||
*Co-Chair, [[Congressional Privacy Caucus]] | |||
*Financial Coalition to Fight Child Pornography | |||
*[[National Republican Senatorial Committee]] | |||
*Senate Co-Chair, [[National Security Caucus]] | |||
*Co-Chair/Co-Founder, Senate Caucus on Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children | |||
*Senate Centrist Coalition | |||
*Co-Chair, Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus. | |||
Revision as of 17:14, 8 February 2010
Richard Shelby (1934-) is a U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama. First elected in 1986 as a member of the U.S. Democratic Party, he switched to, and remains in, the U.S. Republican Party as of 1994. His current term expires in 2010.
Prior to the Senate, he was a U.S. Representative between 1979 and 1987; an Alabama State Senator from 1970 to 1970, and Legislative Counsel to the Alabama Senate between 1977 and 1980. Before that, he was in the private practice of law from 1963 to 1978, also serving as State Special Assistant Attorney General, 1969-1971; Prosecutor, City of Tuscaloosa, 1963-1971; United States Commissioner, Northern District of Alabama, 1966-1970.
Blanket holds
Committees
- U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Ranking minority member, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
- U.S. Senate Committee on Special Committee on Aging
Caucuses and other groups
- Co-Chair, Congressional Privacy Caucus
- Financial Coalition to Fight Child Pornography
- National Republican Senatorial Committee
- Senate Co-Chair, National Security Caucus
- Co-Chair/Co-Founder, Senate Caucus on Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children
- Senate Centrist Coalition
- Co-Chair, Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus.