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. John Cornyn
TX
 Republican Yes
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
 Democrat No
Sen. Tom Cotton
AR
 Republican Yes
Sen. Michael D. Crapo
ID
 Republican Yes
Sen. Ted Cruz
TX
 Republican Yes
Sen. Steve Daines
MT
 Republican Yes
Sen. Joe Donnelly
IN
 Democrat No
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
 Democrat No
Sen. Richard J. Durbin
IL
 Democrat No
Sen. Michael B. Enzi
WY
 Republican Yes
Sen. Joni Ernst
IA
 Republican Yes
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
 Democrat No
Sen. Deb Fischer
NE
 Republican Yes
Sen. Jeff Flake
AZ
 Republican Yes
Sen. Al Franken
MN
 Democrat No
Sen. Cory Gardner
CO
 Republican Yes
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
 Democrat No
Sen. Lindsey Graham
SC
 Republican Yes
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
IA
 Republican Yes
Sen. Kamala Harris
CA
 Democrat No
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