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	Jim Jeffords - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords (born May 11, 1934 in Rutland, Vermont) is currently the junior U.S. Senator from Vermont and the only Independent in the United States Senate.
		Jeffords is the son of Olin Jeffords, who was formerly Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.
		Jeffords made a deal with the Democrats according to which he votes with them on all procedural matters, except with permission of the Whip, which would be rarely asked and rarely granted, in exchange for the committee seats that would have been available to Jeffords had he been a Democrat during his entire Senate tenure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Jeffords (744 words)

	Jim Jeffords - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords (born May 11, 1934) is currently the junior U.S. Senator from Vermont and the only Independent in the United States Senate (though he caucuses with the Democrats).
		Jeffords has been frequently recognized for his skills as a legislator, receiving "Legislator of the Year" award in 1999, and the Sierra Club's highest commendation in 2002.
		Jeffords' Independent status changed the Senate composition from 50-50 (with a Republican Vice President) to 49 Republicans, 50 Democrats, and one Independent.
	www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/James_Jeffords (725 words)

	Jim Jeffords -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords (born May 11, 1934) is currently the junior (Click link for more info and facts about U.S. Senator) U.S. Senator from (A state in New England) Vermont and the only Independent in the (The upper house of the United States Congress) United States Senate.
		Jeffords' work in (The legislature of the United States government) Congress has focused on legislation involving (The activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill) education, job training, and individuals with (Click link for more info and facts about disabilities) disabilities.
		Jeffords' Independent status changed the Senate composition from 50-50 (with a Republican (An executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances) Vice President) to 49 Republicans, 50 (A member of the Democratic Party) Democrats, and one Independent, thus handing control of that chamber to the Democrats.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ji/jim_jeffords.htm (786 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Vt. / U.S. Sen. James Jeffords, citing health, will not seek re-election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jeffords has held the Senate seat since 1989 but he captured the nation's attention in 2001 when his decision to abandon the GOP placed the Democrats in control of the U.S. Senate and made him a national hero among Democrats and a villain among Republicans.
		At the heart of Jeffords' decision was a belief the GOP in general and President George W. Bush in particular had become too conservative and that he could not remain in a party that favored tax breaks to the wealthy over full funding of education programs for the disabled.
		Jeffords' 2006 re-election seemed all but assured: He had $2 million in the bank, had hired a campaign staff and and won the endorsements of state Democratic leaders, including U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and former Gov. Howard Dean, now the chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
	www.boston.com /news/local/vermont/articles/2005/04/20/ap_exclusive_us_sen_james_jeffords_will_not_seek_re_election (586 words)

	An Interview with Sen. James Jeffords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prior to his election to the Senate, Jeffords, an attorney, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975-1988, as Vermont's Attorney General from 1969-1973, and as a Rutland County State Senator from 1967-1968.
		Jeffords, a Republican, currently serves on the Appropriations, Energy and Natural Resources Committees, and is Chair of the Labor and Human Resources Committee which has jurisdiction over the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA).
		Jeffords supported President Clinton in his attempt to lift the ban on gays serving in the military.
	www.mountainpridemedia.org /juau97/jeffords.htm (1187 words)

	CNN.com - Jeffords bolts GOP; Democrats poised to take over - May 24, 2001
		James Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party as expected Thursday, becoming an independent and throwing control of the Senate to the Democratic Party for the first time since 1994.
		Jeffords said Republicans were creating a paradigm in which the success of public schools was to be measured on "how many people are moved out" of local schools -- a reference to the GOP plan to create a voucher system that would provide parents with payouts to transfer their children from failing schools.
		Jeffords is chairman of the committee that has jurisdiction over health and education legislation, and holds a seat on the Senate Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over tax and trade matters.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/ALLPOLITICS/05/24/jeffords.senate.02 (1566 words)

	Online NewsHour: Tipping Point -- May 22, 2002
		JAMES JEFFORDS: Well, first of all, you have a situation where the majority at that time could control everything, because it was a very close Senate, 50-50 Senate.
		JAMES JEFFORDS: Well, on everything we have done in the recent, what was part of the year, if you want to call it that, has happened by one vote.
		JAMES JEFFORDS: Well I had a number of people back home in the state party that obviously were upset with me and I would guess they would go to avoid me if they saw me coming, but generally speaking I get along with everybody, always have.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/congress/jan-june02/jeffords_5-22.html (1254 words)

	Substituting the Party Line for Real Conscience: How James Jeffords Broke This Deadly Mold
		On Thursday, Senator James Jeffords of Vermont officially withdrew from the Republican Party, shifting control of the Senate away from the Republicans and to the Democrats at one of the most critical and pivotal moments in our nation's history.
		(James Jeffords is still the same man he was when he was elected, regardless of his party affiliation.) It just so happens that over the years, Democrats have best represented my views and so I have usually voted Democratic.
		While Jeffords is committed to doing what he believes to be best for his country and his fellow Vermonters, there are, alas, Democrats among us right now who are committed to personal gain at the sacrifice of both country and state (Zell Miller, John Breaux and Ben Nelson come immediately to mind).
	archive.democrats.com /view.cfm?id=2972 (1385 words)

	Jim Jeffords - The Shame of Vermont
		Jeffords told reporters that he had told President Bush he was making a politically disastrous mistake by failing to provide enough money for his education reform plan.recalled telling Bush he ''would be a one-term president'' unless he agreed to provide more.
		James Jeffords crystal ball must have told him if he swiched parties, the resulting shift of power of the Senate to the Democrats that naturally Bush Wouldn't get reelected haveing lost that majority.
		James Jeffords put his hand on the Bible at the start of the impeachment trial and swore to hear the evidence before making a judgment.
	www.free-press.biz /usa/jeffords/jeffords.htm (1143 words)

	James M. Jeffords: My Declaration of Independence
		Although Jeffords gives an indication that he has long felt as if he was an outsider in the Republican Party, he doesn't go into much detail except to note that this feeling became more pervasive when the Republicans managed to gain control of both houses of Congress and the Presidency.
		Despite this, Jeffords has praise for Bush, pointing out that although their views of how to fix the educational system differ, Bush was adamant in his belief that the educational system needed to be changed.
		Written in the months immediately following his switch, Jeffords is only afforded a short period of hindsight to decide whether his decision was the "correct" one, although at the time of the writing, he clearly felt that he had done the right thing and his electorate supported his decision.
	www.sfsite.com /~silverag/jeffords.html (678 words)

	National Corvette Museum - Hall of Fame [James Jeffords]
		Jeffords was virtually unbeatable as he easily took the titles in 1958 and 1959 in the Nickey Chevrolet "Purple People Eater" Corvette.
		Jeffords drove it to a 1st place in the Grand Premio de la Habana in February of 1960, and followed it with an 8th overall (1st GT) in the Grand Premio de la Cuba on February 27th.
		Jeffords pioneered the use of the fuel-injected and RPO 684 as bulletproof racing machines.
	www.corvettemuseum.com /library-archives/hof/jeffords.shtml (351 words)

	Alliance to Save Energy - Promoting Energy Efficiency World Wide: : Vice Chair: Sen. James M. Jeffords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Born in Rutland, Vermont, on May 11, 1934, James Merrill Jeffords is the son of the late Marion H. Jeffords and the late Olin M. Jeffords, former Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.
		Jeffords served as President of the Young Lawyers Section of the Vermont Bar Association from 1966 to 1968 and as National Director of the American Judicature Society from 1973 to 1975.
		Jeffords served as a Vermont State Senator for Rutland County from 1967 to 1968 and held his first statewide office as Vermont Attorney General from 1969 to 1973.
	www.ase.org /content/article/detail/1552 (499 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Sen. James Jeffords, citing health, will not seek re-election
		In recent months, Jeffords' family and his staff questioned whether the 70-year-old senator was physically and mentally up to a statewide campaign for a fourth term.
		At the heart of Jeffords' decision was a belief that the GOP in general and President Bush in particular had become too conservative and that he could not remain in a party that favored tax breaks for the wealthy over full funding of education programs for the disabled.
		Jeffords was said to be eager to run for re-election to show Republicans that Vermont would elect him as an independent.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20050420-1419-jeffordsretires.html (783 words)

	JAMES JEFFORDS, TRAITOR TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
		Jeffords summarily rejected the nomination, saying that Thomas, a fl man from Pin Point, Ga., embraced a vision of government too "pinched" to serve the interests of impoverished and disenfranchised Americans.
		Jeffords may have changed history by turning the Senate upside down, but the manner in which he did it is unlikely to make him a candidate for the Wayne Morse Integrity in Politics award.
		Jeffords never mentioned supposed slights by the Bush White House but claimed not getting his way on education funds for the disabled in April was the last straw.
	www.papillonsartpalace.com /james.htm (8738 words)

	BrothersJudd.com - Review of James Jeffords's My Declaration of Independence
		Jeffords off guard was not the conservatism of the party, but the fact that the GOP suddenly controlled both houses of Congress and the Presidency for the first time in several generations and that they might actually get something done.
		Jeffords threatening to withhold his support for the budget and tax cut unless he got his way, Democrats began to sense that ole Jeezum Jim wasn't all that interested in remaining a Republican.
		Jeffords can hardly have failed to noticed the tenets of his own party during the prior 26 years he ran under its banner.
	www.brothersjudd.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/863 (2031 words)

	Boston.com / News / Politics / Vermonters from both parties back Jeffords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		James Jeffords may be a man without a party, but he has plenty of high-powered friends.
		Jeffords, whose first 26 years in Washington were as a Republican, infuriated GOP leaders four years ago when he became an independent, saying the party had become too conservative for him.
		Jeffords often sides with Democrats, and Leahy said he will do everything he can to ensure his re-election next year.
	www.boston.com /news/politics/us_senate/articles/2005/02/16/vermonters_from_both_parties_back_jeffords (349 words)

	My Declaration of Independence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Senator James Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party on May 24, 2001, when he could no longer reconcile his beliefs with the policies of the party he had supported his whole adult life.
		Whether you agree with his views or not, his account of his tough decisions, and of his anguish at rejecting the last-minute appeals of the leadership of his party, the President, and his wife, is a riveting story that has wide implications for the whole country.
		Jeffords served active duty with the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1959, and retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve as a captain in 1990.
	www.bhny.com /staff/Staff241.html (369 words)

	All Immigration Votes of Senator James Jeffords
		Sen. Jeffords is a cosponsor of S. 352, the Save Our Small and Seasonal Business Act of 2005, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the timing of issuance of H-2B visas during a fiscal year.
		Jeffords voted for more foreign workers even though U.S. high tech workers over the age of 50 were suffering 17% unemployment and U.S. firms were laying off thousands of workers at the time.
		Jeffords voted against that, joining those who said the requirement would give government too much authority over corporations’ right to hire whomever they please from whatever country.
	profiles.numbersusa.com /improfile.php3?DistSend=VT&VIPID=836 (2009 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: Jeffords to leave GOP -- May 24, 2001
		Jeffords, who has one of the most liberal voting records of any Republican, explained that Republican control of the White House had made it difficult for GOP members of Congress to oppose President Bush.
		Jeffords' switch returns control of the Senate to the Democrats for the first time since 1994.
		Jeffords, however, said he promised President Bush that his move will not be effective until Congress sends the president a tax cut measure.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/may01/jeffords_5-24.html (330 words)

	NEWSMAKER PROFILE / James Jeffords Unconventional senator always goes his own way (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jeffords voted against the Reagan tax cuts of 1981, opposed Clarence Thomas' nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court and supported former President Bill Clinton's failed health care reform plan.
		But others who know Jeffords say the senator was more fed up with his GOP colleagues in the Senate for failing to support his initiatives, such as his push for $180 billion over 10 years for special education.
		If Jeffords makes the expected shift to an independent and sides with the Democrats, he will be reflecting a shift occurring in his home state.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/05/24/MN164171.DTL&type=printable (608 words)

	Commonweal: Local politics - party affiliation change of Senator James M. Jeffords - Brief Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In explaining his decision, Jeffords alluded to his roots in the "party of Lincoln," but also noted that his Republican predecessors "were Vermonters first." He spoke of independence, social conscience, tolerance, and fiscal responsibility.
		Jeffords thought the tax cut was too large and would inevitably result in curtailing vital domestic programs and producing large deficits.
		But as Jeffords himself warned, his independence and fiscal conservatism will not always be viewed with such enthusiasm by his new political allies.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1252/is_12_128/ai_76915659 (901 words)

	INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS -- Senator James Jeffords
		Jeffords has repeatedly pushed for increased funding in special education, only to find resistance from within his own party.
		Just this year, Jeffords led the Senate in passing a budget amendment that would have increased federal spending on special education to about $180 billion over the next ten years.
		Last week, Jeffords announced that he would be leaving the Republican Party and become an Independent, thereby giving control of the Senate to the Democratic Party.
	www.inclusiondaily.com /news/education/jeffords.htm (570 words)

	Our Campaigns - Candidate Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jeffords is currently serving in his third term in the U.S. Senate, where he was first elected in 1988.
		Jeffords also currently serves as a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Special Committee on Aging, and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, which he Chaired from 1997 to 2001.
		Jeffords was one of six founders of the Congressional Solar Coalition.
	www.ourcampaigns.com /cgi-bin/r.cgi/CandidateDetail.html?&CandidateID=239 (673 words)

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