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Jul 28, 1998 · Claude Nevin Shelby, 32, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., was taken into custody last Friday after U.S. Customs Service inspectors using a drug-sniffing dog found 13.8 grams of hashish in his possession, officials said. Shelby, who had arrived at the airport on a Delta Airline flight from London, was issued a $500 administrative penalty by Customs officers.
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In 1986, he won the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat held by Republican Jeremiah Denton, the first Republican elected to the Senate from Alabama since Reconstruction. He won a very close race as the Democrats regained control of the Senate. He was easily re-elected in 1992 even as Bill Clinton lost Alabama's electoral votes. Shelby spent most of his first 15 years in Washington as one of the more conservative Democrats in Congress. In the House, he was a member of the boll weevils, a...
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1. Katie Britt, 2016–2018 2. Dayne Cutrell, January 2019–July 2021 3. Watson Donald, July 12, 2021–
Shelby opposes gun control and abortion, and supports the Federal Marriage Amendment. He has also been a staunch advocate of a flat tax and of the Bush Administration's tax cuts. He cites disagreements with the Democrats on tax policy as one of the main reasons he became a Republican; he feels the Democrats are too willing to enact tax increases. A...
In 2005, Richard Shelby received a 0 percent on the Republicans for Environmental Protection's ("REP") environmental scorecard. He voted in a manner inconsistent with what the REP considers "pro-environment" on all 15 issues considered environmentally critical by the REP. Issues in which Senator Shelby voted "anti-environment" were: all amendments ...
Leaking classified information
In 2004, a federal investigation concluded that Shelby revealed classified information to the media when he was a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Specifically, Shelby revealed classified information on June 19, 2002 to Carl Cameron, the chief political correspondent on Fox News. This information had been given to Shelby only minutes before at a closed intelligence committee meeting. This information consisted of two messages intercepted by the National Security Agency on Septembe...
Shelby Hall at the University of Alabama, the Shelby Center for Engineering Technology at Auburn University, and the Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building at UABare all named for Shelby and his wife. The Business Council of Alabama gave Shelby its "Distinguished Service Award" at a banquet in Birmingham attended by Senate Minority L...
Bamford, James (2004) A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0385506724pp. 127–131."Richard Shelby" (July 5, 2011) Wikipedia - accessed July 15, 2011Ackerman, Andrew (December 12, 2017) "‘Shelby Mafia’ Is Helping Trump Deregulate Wall Street." The Wall Street JournalDayen, David (April 24, 2019) "The 'Shelby Mafia' is Muscling Through a Major New Bank Merger." The InterceptAnd Claude Nevin. Sen. Shelby came to the U.S. Senate in 1987 with more than 20 years of experience in public service and business, an undeniable commitment to Alabama, and the simple philosophy that less is more in terms of an effective government.
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Save record. Name. Claude Nevin Shelby. Gender. Male. Description. Claude Nevin Shelby is the son of politician Richard Shelby. Nationality. United States of America.
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Jul 30, 1998 · Claude Nevin Shelby, 32, a real estate investor in Tuscaloosa, Ala., was held at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport after returning from Europe on Friday when a drug-sniffing dog...
Mar 19, 2024 · Richard Craig Shelby (1934- ) served six terms in the U.S. Senate, from 1987 until 2023. His 36-year tenure in the Senate is so far the longest of any Alabamian. He is widely considered to have been one of the most important and successful Senators from the state, on par with John Sparkman, Lister Hill, and few others.
Apr 17, 2006 · He and his wife, Annette Nevin Shelby, have two sons: Richard Jr. and Claude Nevin. Claude and his wife Lisa have one daughter, Anna Elizabeth Shelby, and one son, William Nevin Shelby. [1]
