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The Senate confirmed Vanita Gupta, President Biden s nominee to serve as Associate Attorney General, by a slim margin of 51-49. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined Democrats in advancing Gupta s nomination. Even if Murkowski had not voted to confirm her, Vice President Kamala Harris would have broken a tie vote.
Confirmed, 51-49: Executive Calendar #62 Vanita Gupta to be Associate Attorney General @TheJusticeDept Senate Cloakroom (@SenateCloakroom) April 21, 2021
The Senate has voted 51-49 to confirm Vanita Gupta to serve as Associate Attorney General.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined all 50 Democrats in voting to confirm Gupta. Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) April 21, 2021
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will vote against one of President Joe Biden’s more controversial cabinet nominees, Vanita Gupta, who is up for confirmation to serve as Associate Attorney General. The GOP leader said that Gupta is outside the mainstream, for a high-level post in the administration.
McConnell from Senate floor strongly opposing Vanita s Gupta Associate Attorney General nomination: The nominee we re considering this week is way outside the mainstream. pic.twitter.com/f8tirIoN7L Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) April 21, 2021
Gupta has a troubling history of pushing hyperpartisan rhetoric, as well as an embrace of far-left policies including “defunding the police.” Republican senators took note of these views during her confirmation hearings.
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Vanita Gupta and
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Joe Biden nominated Gupta and Clarke, who comes with extensive credentials, for top-ranking positions at the Department of Justice. Gupta, who is Indiana American, previously served under President
Barack Obama as the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division. She is being considered for Associate Attorney General.
Clarke, a well-known civil rights attorney, started her career in the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ and was a federal prosecutor. She is nominated for Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.
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