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You Can Call The Senators Who Voted For Sessions
After a feisty debate in the Senate, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions was confirmed as attorney general on Wednesday evening. Despite the clamor of protest that has surrounded his confirmation proceedings, Sessions' confirmation was not totally surprising. He needed a simple majority in the Senate, and he conveniently hails from the Senate's own majority party. The vote followed mainly along party lines, which means that if you're looking to continue the protest, you'll need the phone numbers of GOP senators who voted in favor of Sessions.
Sessions earned his confirmation with a 52-47 vote. The one missing vote was his own. Sessions didn't vote yea or nay on his confirmation, but rather, he voted "present." Even without Sessions' vote, Republicans held a slight majority going into the confirmation decision. All 51 remaining Republicans voted for him, as well as one Democrat. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia broke party lines and sided with the GOP. Both Independent senators, Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, voted against Sessions.
Pre-vote protests against Sessions were hard to ignore. For instance, on Tuesday, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a prominent Democrat, was silenced during the debate over Sessions' confirmation. Now that Sessions has been confirmed, protestors can specifically target the senators who voted in favor of the new attorney general in an attempt to change the mindset — and the status quo — of the current class of (mostly) GOP senators.
Below are the names and Washington, D.C. phone numbers of the 52 senators who voted for Sessions' confirmation:
- Lamar Alexander — (202) 224-4944
- John Barrasso — (202) 224-6441
- Roy Blunt — (202) 224-5721
- John Boozman — (202) 224-4843
- Richard Burr — (202) 224-3154
- Shelley Moore Capito — (202) 224-6472
- Bill Cassidy — (202) 224-5824
- Thad Cochran — (202) 224-5054
- Susan Collins — (202) 224-2523
- Bob Corker — (202) 224-3344
- John Cornyn — (202) 224-2934
- Tom Cotton — (202) 224-2353
- Michael D. Crapo — (202) 224-6142
- Ted Cruz — (202) 224-5922
- Steve Daines — (202) 224-2651
- Michael B. Enzi — (202) 224-3424
- Joni Ernst — (202) 224-3254
- Deb Fischer — (202) 224-6551
- Jeff Flake — (202) 224-4521
- Cory Gardner — (202) 224-5941
- Lindsey Graham — (202) 224-5972
- Charles E. Grassley — (202) 224-3744
- Orrin G. Hatch — (202) 224-5251
- Dean Heller — (202) 224-6244
- John Hoeven — (202) 224-2551
- James M. Inhofe — (202) 224-4721
- Johnny Isakson — (202) 224-3643
- Ron Johnson — (202) 224-5323
- John Kennedy — (202) 224-4623
- James Lankford — (202) 224-5754
- Mike Lee — (202) 224-5444
- Joe Manchin — (202) 224-3954
- John McCain — (202) 224-2235
- Mitch McConnell — (202) 224-2541
- Jerry Moran — (202) 224-6521
- Lisa Murkowski — (202)-224-6665
- Rand Paul — (202) 224-4343
- David Perdue — (202) 224-3521
- Rob Portman — (202) 224-3353
- Jim Risch — (202) 224-2752
- Pat Roberts — (202) 224-4774
- Michael Rounds — (202) 224-5842
- Marco Rubio — (202) 224-3041
- Ben Sasse — (202) 224-4224
- Richard C. Shelby — (202) 224-5744
- Tim Scott — (202) 224-6121
- Dan Sullivan — (202) 224-3004
- John Thune — (202) 224-2321
- Thom Tillis — (202) 224-6342
- Patrick J. Toomey — (202) 224-4254
- Roger Wicker — (202) 224-6253
- Todd Young — (202) 224-5623
As the above senators celebrate the successful confirmation of Sessions, the public seems to remain deeply divided by the soon-to-be attorney general. Between Sessions' confirmation on Wednesday and Betsy DeVos' confirmation as secretary of education on Tuesday, the activism from concerned members of the public is likely to continue.