re: Judiciary Committee Vote on Attorney General Nomination on C-SPAN Thread

Here is a whip list for and against SESSIONS from weeks ago. It looks like Sessions gained 1 DEM vote. It was updated yesterday...Did one Democrat come over is the YES TO SESSIONS VOTE?

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Republicans opposing Sessions (0):

No Republican senator is expected to vote against Sessions’s attorney general nomination.

Democrats voting for Sessions (1):

Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.): Manchin told Fox News that “Jeff Sessions has my vote. He’s my friend. I’ve built relationships and friendships here.”

Democrats who will not support Sessions (23):

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.): Baldwin, the first openly gay candidate to be elected to the Senate, said her opposition to Sessions stemmed from a "moral choice" and that she doesn't believe Sessions believes in "our shared responsibility to move our nation forward for all Americans.”

Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.): Bennet said Sessions "blocked bipartisan efforts to expand voting rights, protect women from harassment and violence, and reform our criminal justice system." The Democratic senator also accused Sessions of using "fear and falsehoods to derail" bipartisan immigration reform efforts in 2013.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.): Blumenthal said that he did not believe Sessions would be “non-political,” adding that he “failed to convince me that he will be a champion of constitutional rights."

Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.): Booker testified against Sessions noting the “ next Attorney General must bring hope and healing to our country, and this demands a more courageous empathy than Senator Sessions’ record demonstrates.”

Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio): Brown appeared to be the first Democrat to formally say they will vote against Sessions. He said he has “serious concerns that Senator Sessions’ record on civil rights is at direct odds with the task of promoting justice and equality for all.”

Sen. Bob Casey (Pa.): Casey said he would vote against Sessions, pointing to his positions on voting rights. He added that Sessions's 2015 vote against a non-binding amendment preventing a religious litmus test for immigrants was "offensive."

Sen. Chris Coons (Del.): Coons said on a myriad of issues—including immigration, civil rights and torture—that Sessions has "actively opposed bipartisan efforts to advance justice."

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.): Duckworth, a disabled Iraq War veteran, said “we have a nominee who’s on record speaking up against disability issues.”

Sen. Al Franken (Minn.): Franked said he cannot support an attorney general "who is not fully committed to equal justice for the LGBT community, minorities, immigrants and women."

Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.): The freshman senator launched a petition opposing Sessions after his hearing, writing "we need an Attorney General committed to equal rights for all, including women, people of color, and the LGBT community."

Sen. Martin Heinrich (N.M.): Heinrich said he did not have "confidence" in Sessions, noting the attorney general position requires "an unwavering commitment to protect Americans' constitutional rights."

Sen. Mazie Hirono (Hawaii): Hirono, a member of the Judiciary Committee, said she is “deeply concerned about how he would use his prosecutorial discretion to uphold voting rights, protect civil rights and protect a woman’s rights to choose.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.): Klobuchar told the Star-Tribune that she will not support Sessions, pointing to his positions on the Violence Against Women Act, immigration, voting rights and freedom of the press.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.): Leahy told the VT Digger that "there's no way I can support him," adding that Sessions is "supposed to be the chief law enforcement officer, but he talks like he’s going to be Trump’s personal attorney."

Sen. Ed Markey (Mass.): Markey said he will vote against Sessions because he has "no confidence that [Sessions] shares a commitment to justice for all Americans or that he will fight to defend the most vulnerable in our society."

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.): The Senate’s first Latina senator said that she is “troubled by the controversial and racially insensitive rhetoric Senator Sessions has used in the past, as well as his far-right positions."

Sen. Bill Nelson (Fla.): Nelson will not support Sessions, the Florida lawmaker's office said.

Sen. Brian Schatz (Hawaii):Schatz said he is voting against Sessions because he is not a "leader who can fully commit to protecting democracy and civil rights for all Americans, and build on our country’s foundation as a nation of immigrants."

Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.): Schumer said he is “not confident in Senator Sessions’ ability to be a defender of the rights of all Americans, or to serve as an independent check on the incoming administration.”
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (Mich.): Stabenow said she couldn't support Sessions "because of his record on civil rights and his votes against anti-domestic violence legislation."

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (Md.): The freshman senator is not convinced that Sessions would fight for the rights of all Americans.

Sen. Mark Warner (Va.): Warner said he thinks Sessions "is not the right person to serve as attorney general."

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.): Whitehouse said he would vote against Sessions because the attorney general should defend constitutional rights and Sessions's "record casts such serious doubt on whether he can perform that role."
Updated: 11:09 a.m., Jan. 30

WHIP LIST: How many Dems will back Sessions? - 01/14/17 12:42 PM EST

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Is the guy nervious? He has a fitbit on

What just happened?

They cut off Dodd, then said he can speak if nobody is there, then he wanted a quorum. Then the chair said finish today, or maybe tomorrow.

Dodd wants to blast away.

I'm lost.

That's Coons...he's a no vote anyway.

Yes youre right, I mistyped. All I know he is from Connecticut.

But I just did not understand what was happening. Does the chair want to drag this out or vote on it?

The Chair was trying to force the dems while there to grandstand with their BS NOW to get to the vote.

No, then someone like Cory Booker (N.J.) will say they didn't get to speak out and he would run straight to the BCC and cry like Schumer.

who is this douche calling Trumps EO's toxic rhetoric?

blah blah blah... I am listening only can't see who it is..

Okay