Confirmation of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General

Feb. 8, 2017
During his 20 years as a U.S. Senator, Sessions displayed a clear pattern of hostility to the rights of working families. Sessions stood in opposition to the Voting Rights Act, the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, numerous measures to protect immigrant workers, and even the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. At the time of his nomination, Sessions had a lifetime AFL-CIO voting record of 14%. Sessions was confirmed by the Senate.
Legislative Alert

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 52
NAYs: 47

Legislator State Party Vote
Sen. Lamar Alexander
TN
 Republican Yes
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
 Democrat No
Sen. John Barrasso
WY
 Republican Yes
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
 Democrat No
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
 Democrat No
Sen. Roy Blunt
MO
 Republican Yes
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
 Democrat No
Sen. John Boozman
AR
 Republican Yes
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
 Democrat No
Sen. Richard M. Burr
NC
 Republican Yes
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat No
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
 Republican Yes
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
 Democrat No
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
 Democrat No
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
 Democrat No
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
 Republican Yes
Sen. Thad Cochran
MS
 Republican Yes
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
 Republican Yes
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
 Democrat No
Sen. Bob Corker
TN
 Republican Yes
2017 Senate Key Votes
  1. FY2017 Budget Resolution
  2. Confirmation of Elisabeth Prince Devos for Secretary of Education
  3. Confirmation of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General
  4. Confirmation of Thomas Price for Secretary of Health and Human Services
  5. Confirmation of Steven Mnuchin for Secretary of the Treasury
  6. Confirmation of Mick Mulvaney for Director of the Office of Management and Budget
  7. Resolution Overturning the Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Rule
  8. Resolution Overturning the OSHA Injury and Illness Reporting Rule
  9. Resolution Overturning the Retirement Plan Safe Harbor Rule
  10. Confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court
  11. Amendment to Eliminate the Individual Mandate of the Affordable Care Act
  12. Confirmation of Marvin Kaplan to the National Labor Relations Board
  13. Confirmation of William J. Emanuel to the National Labor Relations Board
  14. FY2018 Budget Resolution
  15. Resolution Overturning Forced Arbitration Ban
  16. FY2018 Budget Act Amending the Tax Code to Reduce Tax Rates