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February 2, 2017

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Sessions as Attorney General
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The Senate Judiciary Committee also approved the nomination of Senator
Jeff Sessions to be attorney general in a straight party-line vote. Jeff
Sessions's confirmation has also faced widespread protests over his
opposition to the Voting Rights Act and his history of making racist
comments. On Monday, about 10 members of the NAACP, including President
Cornell William Brooks, were arrested at a sit-in at Sessions's office
in Mobile, Alabama. At Sessions' Senate confirmation hearing in January,
protesters wore white, hooded robes and pretended to be members of the
Ku Klux Klan. Sessions once reportedly said he thought the Ku Klux Klan
was "OK until I found out they smoked pot." On Wednesday, a protester
from the group Code Pink disrupted the Senate Judiciary Committee's
meeting.

Sen. Chuck Grassley: "The nomination is approved by the committee and
will be a report-will report to the floor. Meeting over."

Code Pink protester: "Shame! Shame! Shame! You have furthered the
nomination of a man who will not protect the vulnerable. That's why we
have an attorney general, to protect the vulnerable."



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