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Richard Shelby. Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 1987 to 2023. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2018 to 2021.
- Republican (after 1994)
Nov 28, 2022 · Alabama's Richard Shelby is retiring after the longest tenure of any senator from Alabama in Washington, D.C., and the senator plans to head home to a quiet retirement in Tuscaloosa. But his ...
Nov 28, 2022 · “Richard Shelby is an outstanding statesman and advocate for the State of Alabama, and Troy University benefited from his service and leadership. ... Jr. “Few people have had a more profound ...
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Richard Shelby, American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1986 and represented Alabama from 1987 to 2023; in 1994 he joined the Republican Party. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–87). Learn more about Shelby’s life and career.
Dec 26, 2022 · Senator Richard C. Shelby made the most of his perch on the committee that controls federal spending. Now he’s leaving Congress, where his way of doing business is a fading art.
S.2789 — 117th Congress (2021-2022) Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act Sponsor: Shelby, Richard C. [Sen.-R-AL] (Introduced 09/21/2021) Cosponsors: ( 2 ) Latest Action: Senate - 09/22/2021 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.
Dec 24, 2022 · Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), left, with Sen. Richard C. Shelby, (R-Ala.) (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post) 8 min. 436. In 1992, running as a conservative Democrat not aligned with his ...
