Senate Confirms Jeff Sessions as Next Attorney General
The 52-47 vote was mostly along party lines.
The Senate voted late Wednesday to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. The 52-47 vote was mostly along party lines, though one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, joined the Republicans to back their Alabama colleague. The Alabama Republican, 70, faced a contentious confirmation process, as Democrats reiterated past accusations of racism levied against Sessions when he was Alabama's Attorney General.
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