Sessions Confirmed AG, Senate Floor Got Heated C11-2

Wednesday evening, after a long and dramatic debate on the senate floor, Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama was confirmed into the senate. During the heated debate on the senate floor, Senator Elizabeth Warren was interrupted while reading a letter from Corretta Scott King. It was written to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986 about Jeff Sessions and his actions in Alabama against African American citizens and their voting rights. Senator Warren reading this letter was deemed a violation of Senate rules, and she was not allowed to speak the rest of the debate. This was because it was apparently directly pointed against another senator, and so she was silenced. Hillary Clinton, along with many other popular Democrats, tweeted in Warrens support. The vote for Sessions confirmation was 52-47.

Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/senate-confirms-sessions-as-attorney-general-234823