The full Senate voted today to bring to the floor the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General. The recorded vote was 53-45. Sessions himself did not vote. Sen. Carper (D-DE) was absent, but has been thought to be a possible vote for Sessions. Two relatively moderate Democrats from states that voted heavily for Trump, Sens. Manchin from West Virginia and Donnelly from Indiana, also voted for Sessions.
So 53-45 looks to be very close to the final vote for the blessed relief of replacing Loretta Lynch with Jeff Sessions. If this happens in the next five minutes, it won't be too soon.
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