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Roll Call Vote #45 · 115th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 2, 2017, 3:27 PM (ET)

On the Motion to Proceed PN30 (PN 30)

Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General

Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-47)
51 Yea
47 Nay
← Vote #44 Vote #46 →

How the Parties Voted

Republican 20 senators

19 Yea / 0 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 11 senators

0 Yea / 11 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

No senators voted against their party's majority on this vote.

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 51

Nay 47

Not Voting 2

Other Votes on PN 30

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).