Sessions Vote To Confirm Go To The Floor When Will

The senate will vote on this nomination this year mcconnell r ky said monday on the senate floor.

Sessions vote to confirm go to the floor when will.

The one democrat who voted in support of sessions was sen. No republicans went against sessions in the 52 47 vote. Convene for a pro forma session. The senate voted wednesday night to confirm sen.

And wait for the lame. In 2016 the republican majority refused to allow a confirmation vote on merrick garland president obama s pick to replace justice antonin scalia who died in february of that year. The senate voted to confirm jeff sessions as attorney general. Other than two dissenting gop senators no one thus far in the 53 member conference is arguing to wait for a lame duck session let alone the next congress to hold a confirmation vote.

Mitch mcconnell said the senate has more than enough time to confirm president donald trump s supreme court pick before the end of the year or even before election day. Article ii section 2 clause 2 of the united states constitution known as the appointments clause empowers the president to nominate and with the confirmation advice and consent of the united states senate to appoint public officials including justices of the supreme court this clause is one example of the system of checks and balances inherent in the constitution. The senate confirmed jeff sessions as the next attorney general wednesday evening by a vote of 52 47 mostly along party lines. He didn t say whether the vote would come before the election or in a lame duck session of.

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