The Empire Strikes Back: Jeff Sessions out as Budget Committee Chair

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RedState: The Empire Strikes Back: Jeff Sessions out as Budget Committee Chair

By: streiff (Diary) | December 18th, 2014 at 11:00 AM

 

Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions is out as chair of the Senate Budget Committee.

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is giving up his bid to become the next Budget Committee chairman — deferring to Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and eliminating the only competitive chairmanship battle in the incoming GOP Senate majority.