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. Lisa Murkowski
AK
 Republican Yes
Sen. Dan Sullivan
AK
 Republican Yes
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
AL
 Republican Yes
Sen. Jeff Sessions
AL
 Republican Present
Sen. Tom Cotton
AR
 Republican Yes
Sen. John Boozman
AR
 Republican Yes
Sen. Jeff Flake
AZ
 Republican Yes
Sen. John McCain
AZ
 Republican Yes
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
 Democrat No
Sen. Kamala Harris
CA
 Democrat No
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
 Democrat No
Sen. Cory Gardner
CO
 Republican Yes
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy
CT
 Democrat No
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
 Democrat No
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
 Democrat No
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
 Democrat No
Sen. Marco Rubio
FL
 Republican Yes
Sen. Bill Nelson
FL
 Democrat No
Sen. Johnny Isakson
GA
 Republican Yes
Sen. David Perdue
GA
 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