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...summer. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, half the continental U.S. is currently experiencing abnormal dryness or drought. Over the past four years, migrating drought patterns have spread toward the Eastern shores, crippling crops, shrinking lakes and drying up wells this month in eight Southern states, particularly Alabama. Meanwhile, the Northeast and much of the Midwest have been spared...
...Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions stood up at Tuesday's lunch for Senate Republicans and baldly told President George W. Bush what was wrong with his immigration proposal: it would give amnesty to 12 million illegal immigrations, it would reduce illegal immigration by only 13%, and it doesn't go far enough to enforce border security. Bush acknowledged that Sessions, like many conservative Republicans, has serious issues with the immigration bill, but he also managed to diffuse the tension over the issue that has split his party for the last two years. "Even though we disagree on this bill, I look...
...cross the finish line, however, he'll have to overcome opposition from those who, like Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican, fought hard to bring the measure down. Describing the bill as "a lot of flesh, but no bone," Sessions said he didn't see any point in Reid investing more time in debate unless changes are made. "I don't know that he'll want to bring it back unless he's got something new to spin it with," said Sessions. "I'm not sure he would see it as worth his time to bring back an unpopular bill...
...what about my pride in Alabama, a state so vexed with its own history? Once again, I’m at a loss for words...
...home is essential to who I am. And yet, since I trucked up north for my freshman year, I have had a hard enough time explaining Alabama to my friends. How can I possibly explain what it means to me here—to you, even...