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  Definition of Dick Shelby
Shelby began his legislative career as a member of the Alabama State Senate in 1970, serving until 1978, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Shelby is a member of the American Bar Association and Alabama Bar Association, as well as the American Judicature Society, Alabama Law Institute, and Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.
Shelby is likely to sidestep serious political difficulty for his leaking of classified information because he is a Republican and the Republican Party controls all three branches of the federal government.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Dick_Shelby   (682 words)

  
  Dick Shelby -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Shelby was born in (A city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center) Birmingham, Alabama.
Shelby began his legislative career as a member of the Alabama State Senate in 1970, serving until 1978, when he was elected to the (The lower legislative house of the United States Congress) U.S. House of Representatives.
Shelby is likely to sidestep serious political difficulty for his leaking of classified information because he is a Republican and the Republican Party controls both the Senate and the Justice Department.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/Di/Dick_Shelby.htm   (902 words)

  
 Richard Shelby - Congresspedia
Richard Shelby's official website was rated by citizen researchers in February 2007 as part of a survey by the Sunlight Foundation.
Senator Shelby served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1995 to 2003, stepping down because of a Senate rule limiting committee terms to eight years.
Shelby began his legislative career as a member of the Alabama State Senate in 1970, serving until 1978, when he was elected to the House of Representatives from the Tuscaloosa-based 7th District.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Richard_Shelby   (1647 words)

  
 Dick Shelby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shelby publicly feuded with the Clinton Administration, voting with Republicans on several key bills, and on November 9, 1994, Shelby switched his party affiliation to Republican one day after the Republicans secured a Senate majority in the 1994 elections.
In the Metroplex of Dallas - Fort Worth, Shelby is known for the Shelby Amendment, a law he sponsored that eased some of the restrictions placed on Dallas' secondary airport by the contentious Wright Amendment.
Among the bills sponsored by Shelby over the years have been bills to make English the sole language of the federal government, to establish a flat tax, to limit federal government spending by statute, and to provide a moratorium on certain forms of immigration.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_C._Shelby   (867 words)

  
 Shelby dodges ethics probe for now=The Hill.com=   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
But as the rule is unwritten, it is unclear whether it is being properly applied to Shelby or whether he may be benefiting from his GOP colleagues’ control of the ethics panel.
That’s because the Department of Justice referred its investigation of Shelby’s conduct to the Senate ethics panel at the end of July, a full four months before the general election and two months after the Alabama primary.
Shelby said in an interview that he has not heard anything from the committee about a probe and reiterated his defense that he did not knowingly disclose any classified information.
www.hillnews.com /news/092204/shelby.aspx   (880 words)

  
 Dick Korda with restored original Korda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Dick also had a younger sister, Florence, who has passed away and a younger brother, Edward, who lives on the West Coast, who was not present.
Dick came to the scorekeeper’s tent, where the women kept the scores, and lingered for quite awhile.
Dick told the winner, who was also a golfer, that the least you could do for an old man was to give him a six second handicap.
www2.dmci.net /~erpelding/ourhero.htm   (1297 words)

  
 Sen. Shelby the subject of probe on 9/11 intelligence leak. Investigation linked to 2001 al-Qaida communications, ...
Shelby has in the past denied that he ever "knowingly compromised classified information" and his staff told reporters on Saturday that they should refer to the previous statement on the issue he made earlier this year.
Vice President Dick Cheney was so angered by the leak that he personally called the chairs of both the House and Senate Intelligence committees, believing the leak came from inside the committees.
Shelby is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and is currently on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, which on Friday was given responsibility for enacting intelligence and other reforms recommended by the 9/11 commission.
foi.missouri.edu /whistleblowing/senshelby.html   (616 words)

  
 CHA - About Us - Meeting Minutes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Crime Watch -Dick asked that the Association formally thank Shelby Long be formally recognized by the Association for her service to the neighborhood.
Shelby has headed our Crime Watch team for 18 years, and was singled out by Time and Newsweek Magazines for her Crime Watch Volunteerism.
Dick pointed out that it would be possible for two or three households to team up and share the responsibility.
www.churchhillrichmond.com /about/91702.htm   (647 words)

  
 Alabama State Senators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Shelby began his legislative career as a member of the Alabama State Senate in 1970, serving until 1978, when he was elected to the United States House of Representatives.
Shelby publicly feuded with the Clinton Administration, voting with Republicans on several key bills, and on November 9, 1994, Shelby switched his party affiliation to Republican one day after the Republicans secured a Senate majority in the U.S. Senate election, 1994.
Among the bills sponsored by Shelby over the years have been bills to make English language the sole language of the federal government, to establish a flat tax, to limit federal government spending by statute, and to provide a moratorium on certain forms of immigration.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Alabama-State-Senators   (778 words)

  
 Barkdull Funeral Home - Obituaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A 1951 graduate of Willard High School, she had been employed with the former Pioneer Rubber as an executive secretary and was a homemaker.
She attended the First Lutheran Church and was a charter member of the Youngtimers Mothers Club, Euchre Club, and was a member of the Shelby Country Club since 1954.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one son, Douglas J. Dick and one daughter, Rebecca A. Rosby.
www.barkdullfuneralhome.com /2004/apr/2004-048.html   (185 words)

  
 Shelby Family Genealogy Forum (All Messages)
Re: Susanna Shelby - Judith A Trolinger 2/01/05
Re: Susanna Shelby - Judith A Trolinger 6/17/03
Re: WELSH SHELBY'S - Judith A Trolinger 6/27/02
genforum.genealogy.com /shelby/all.html   (6252 words)

  
 Dick Shelby - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Shelby publicly feuded with the Clinton Administration, voting with Republicans on several key bills, and on November 9, 1994, Shelby switched his party affiliation to Republican one day after the Republicans secured a Senate majority in the 1994 elections.
Shelby is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a number of its subcommitttees: Defense; Homeland Security; Foreign Operations; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education ; Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies ; and the Subcommittee on Transportatoin/Treasury and General Government, of which he is the ranking member.
Among the bills sponsored by Shelby over the years have been bills to make English the sole language of the federal government, to establish a flat tax, to limit federal government spending by statute, and to provide a moratorium on certain forms of immigration.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Richard_Shelby   (867 words)

  
 Shelby Hotel
Shelby, once the home of Shelby Iron Company, was known for its high quality pig iron and, according to the owner, B. Rommell, the fine cooking at the Shelby Hotel.
The Shelby Hotel is reputed to be the first in Alabama to have running water and electric lights.
Pig iron not used in Shelby was hauled by oxen and wagon to the Coosa River and boated on crude crafts to Montgomery.
www.rootsweb.com /~alshelby/shelbyhotel.html   (2242 words)

  
 Bush Would Send SWAT Teams To Journalists' Homes CIA Expert - Leaks of Classified Information Must Stop
Last year just days before 9-11, Shelby returned to Capitol Hill for what he thought would be a hearing on his plan to criminalize the release of classified information.
Although Shelby said Ashcroft simply needed more time to review the issue, a senior administration official told the Associated Press at the time that the bill was problematic and unnecessary.
Shelby was also in the van of those sharply critical of Clinton's 11th-hour pardon Jan. 20, 2001 of Morison, who, after his surprise gift from the president, admitted that he was wrong to leak satellite photos of a Soviet aircraft carrier to Jane,s Fighting Ships.
www.rense.com /general27/devour.htm   (934 words)

  
 CNN.com
Dick, Dick Gephardt made a 30-minute address to the House on Tuesday that didn't get a line in any paper, didn't get on any television program, about these issues, because they're afraid to talk about the, the war issue.
SHELBY: I think that we shouldn't just vote on something for political reasons, and this is a vote that shouldn't be based on politics at all, it should be based -- if people can bring it up to do that, vote on the security interests of this country.
SHELBY: Well, we haven't been able to put it all together as far as the, as the Prague meeting with Atta.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0209/28/cg.00.html   (6351 words)

  
 WorldChanging Twin Cities: University of Minnesota Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment Annual Research ...
Shelby began a series of reports, called Project Energy, several years ago that explore energy production and consumption of Minnesotans and the effects of these patterns on the community and planet.
Shelby openly discusses his own alcoholism and the challenges he has faced over the last 28 years that he has been sober and compares the behavioral patterns of alcohol or drug addicts to the behavior of American’s energy consumption.
Shelby said, we American’s show a clear willingness to do whatever it takes to keep the energy coming at any cost.
www.worldchanging.com /local/twincities/archives/005486.html   (845 words)

  
 The Memphis Flyer: News Feature - October 9, 1997
On August 13, 1969, the city of Memphis and Shelby County government agreed on a plan for sewage collection and treatment.
Shelby County school enrollment hits an all-time low of 17,000.
On Monday, Mayor Willie Herenton, in response to a question by Shelby County Commissioner Pete Sisson, said the lawsuit, now 10 years old, is scheduled to be heard in January.
www.memphisflyer.com /backissues/issue451/n_fea451.htm   (587 words)

  
 Shelby Family Genealogy Forum
Abraham SHELBY and Priscilla of Hickman Co, TN - Judith A Trolinger 5/23/04
Re: Abraham SHELBY and Priscilla of Hickman Co, TN - Judith A Trolinger 5/24/04
Re: Evan Shelby - Judith A Trolinger 4/18/04
genforum.genealogy.com /shelby   (1439 words)

  
 Shelby Exchange
Jemima SHELBY was born on 30 Apr 1781 in PA. She died on 21 Jan 1867 in Wayne Co, IN.
Susannah SHELBY was born on 2 Jun 1831 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.
Elvina N SHELBY was born on 27 Jun 1854 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.
www.trolinger.com /judy/Shelby-unknowns.html   (12763 words)

  
 wcco.com - R.J. Fritz Retires
Fritz and Shelby once tried to referee an MIAC football game to get a feel for what refs go through on the field.
Shelby said he wouldn't call anything if Fritz didn't, while Fritz begged to keep the clock running because of the cold.
In September 1984, Shelby decided to "get" Fritz by showing off the fish he caught during Fritz's sportscast.
www.wcco.com /topstories/local_story_057225409.html   (480 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
REP. DICK GEPHARDT (D), MINORITY LEADER: What we have to do now is to find out what the president and what the White House knew about the events leading up to 9/11, and when they knew it, and most importantly, what was done about it.
Dick Shelby is absolutely right about the FBI, as Bob Novak and others had reported earlier.
What Dick Cheney was worried about, of course, was that the intelligence services fighting a worldwide war on terrorism, we'd prefer they'd be on the defense against al Qaeda, would be on the offense against al Qaeda, would be on the defense on Capitol Hill instead.
premium.asia.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0205/18/cg.00.html   (6867 words)

  
 MyDD :: Will there be 1994-style defections?
In 1994, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Dick Shelby, Jimmy Hayes, Greg Laughlin, Billy Tauzin, and Nathan Deal all switched when the repubs had their little "Revolution." They loved power over principle, and intended to retain seats and chairmanships and control.
Shelby decides he isn't running again in 2010 since he'd be 76 at that point, and switches for the next four years.
Shelby saw the writing on the wall and realized that he would have a bullseye on his back for the rest of his political career if he remained a Democrat.
mydd.com /story/2006/11/8/145950/065   (3694 words)

  
 CHILLICOTHE GAZETTE - Murphy Family Edition, Issue 6
She's fl with tan markings and looks very much like Sheba except she has BIG beagle ears.Shelby is 100% Dick's dog and according to him, she is SO SMART.
Dick had to work Christmas day so we had our celebration on Christmas Eve.
Dick met an eight-grade school chum while home, and is now in the process of planning a 40th reunion.
www.figmentfly.com /gazette/issue6.html   (604 words)

  
 Shelby Leaked Classified Material » Outside The Beltway | OTB
Federal investigators concluded that Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) divulged classified intercepted messages to the media when he was on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, according to sources familiar with the probe.
And since Shelby was a long-time Chairman, he was (again, in my short stint as a Shelby apologist) in a position to judge just how serious a breach he was committing.
I'm not defending Shelby, I'm suggesting we follow the same proceedures and stick to the ame rules we were asked to stick to when we were investigating Clinton's misdeeds.
www.outsidethebeltway.com /archives/2004/08/shelby_leaked_classified_material   (1217 words)

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