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. Claire McCaskill
MO
 Democrat No
Sen. Mitch McConnell
KY
 Republican Yes
Sen. Robert Menendez
NJ
 Democrat No
Sen. Jeff Merkley
OR
 Democrat No
Sen. Jerry Moran
KS
 Republican Yes
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
AK
 Republican Yes
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy
CT
 Democrat No
Sen. Patty Murray Democrat No
Sen. Bill Nelson
FL
 Democrat No
Sen. Rand Paul
KY
 Republican Yes
Sen. David Perdue
GA
 Republican Yes
Sen. Gary Peters
MI
 Democrat No
Sen. Rob Portman
OH
 Republican Yes
Sen. Jack Reed
RI
 Democrat No
Sen. Jim Risch
ID
 Republican Yes
Sen. Pat Roberts
KS
 Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Rounds
SD
 Republican Yes
Sen. Marco Rubio
FL
 Republican Yes
Sen. Bernard Sanders
VT
 ID ID No
Sen. Ben Sasse
NE
 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