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You Can Call The Senators Who Voted For Sessions

by Alex Gladu
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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:

  1. Lamar Alexander — (202) 224-4944
  2. John Barrasso — (202) 224-6441
  3. Roy Blunt — (202) 224-5721
  4. John Boozman — (202) 224-4843
  5. Richard Burr — (202) 224-3154
  6. Shelley Moore Capito — (202) 224-6472
  7. Bill Cassidy — (202) 224-5824
  8. Thad Cochran — (202) 224-5054
  9. Susan Collins — (202) 224-2523
  10. Bob Corker — (202) 224-3344
  11. John Cornyn — (202) 224-2934
  12. Tom Cotton — (202) 224-2353
  13. Michael D. Crapo — (202) 224-6142
  14. Ted Cruz — (202) 224-5922
  15. Steve Daines — (202) 224-2651
  16. Michael B. Enzi — (202) 224-3424
  17. Joni Ernst — (202) 224-3254
  18. Deb Fischer — (202) 224-6551
  19. Jeff Flake — (202) 224-4521
  20. Cory Gardner — (202) 224-5941
  21. Lindsey Graham — (202) 224-5972
  22. Charles E. Grassley — (202) 224-3744
  23. Orrin G. Hatch — (202) 224-5251
  24. Dean Heller — (202) 224-6244
  25. John Hoeven — (202) 224-2551
  26. James M. Inhofe — (202) 224-4721
  27. Johnny Isakson — (202) 224-3643
  28. Ron Johnson — (202) 224-5323
  29. John Kennedy — (202) 224-4623
  30. James Lankford — (202) 224-5754
  31. Mike Lee — (202) 224-5444
  32. Joe Manchin — (202) 224-3954
  33. John McCain — (202) 224-2235
  34. Mitch McConnell — (202) 224-2541
  35. Jerry Moran — (202) 224-6521
  36. Lisa Murkowski — (202)-224-6665
  37. Rand Paul — (202) 224-4343
  38. David Perdue — (202) 224-3521
  39. Rob Portman — (202) 224-3353
  40. Jim Risch — (202) 224-2752
  41. Pat Roberts — (202) 224-4774
  42. Michael Rounds — (202) 224-5842
  43. Marco Rubio — (202) 224-3041
  44. Ben Sasse — (202) 224-4224
  45. Richard C. Shelby — (202) 224-5744
  46. Tim Scott — (202) 224-6121
  47. Dan Sullivan — (202) 224-3004
  48. John Thune — (202) 224-2321
  49. Thom Tillis — (202) 224-6342
  50. Patrick J. Toomey — (202) 224-4254
  51. Roger Wicker — (202) 224-6253
  52. 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.