Schumer Will Oppose Sessions for Attorney General
Source: The Daily Beast
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has officially announced that he will oppose Sen. Jeff Sessionss (R-AL) nomination for U.S. attorney general. After reviewing his record and giving careful consideration to his answers during the hearing, I am not confident in Senator Sessionss ability to be a defender of the rights of all Americans, or to serve as an independent check on the incoming administration, he wrote in a Thursday morning statement. I am also deeply concerned by his views on immigration, which I saw firsthand during the push for comprehensive immigration reform. For those reasons, I will oppose his nomination to serve as the next attorney general. Weeks earlier, a slightly skeptical Schumer would not indicate whether hed support his senatorial colleagues nomination as AG.
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