WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Sen. Jeff Sessions to Attorney General Wednesday, after a long and bruising nomination process that tested the rules of senate collegiality.
Claps broke out from the Republican side of the senate floor as the final vote was announced: 52-47. Sessions voted present, while Sen. Joe Manchin (D-Va.) was the lone Democrat to join the Republican majority.
Sessions survived a grueling 10-hour confirmation hearing and heated protests from liberal and civil rights activists who doubted whether Sessions would champion for their rights.
Republican Leader Mitch McConnell gave his longtime colleague a warm farewell speech before the vote, recounting his strong character, work ethic and even sense of humor.
“They [staff] still remember the time he accidentally ran his suit coat through the paper shredder,” McConnell said. “They saved the evidence too. Let’s hope that one makes its way into the archives.”
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