Of course, I'm not plugging for the NAACP; but I'm not sure if it was reported here that the vote was held up.
Jeff Sessions confirmation vote by full committee postponed / CALL NOW
The vote by the full Senate Judiciary Committee on Jeff Sessions’ nomination to serve as US Attorney General was postponed until Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. Among the primary reasons for the delay were outstanding questions regarding Senator Sessions’ civil rights background and history.
http://www.naacp.org/latest/jeff-sessions-confirmation-vote-full-committee-postponed-call-now/
Letter from MLK's wife, Coretta, opposing nomination back in the '80s:
http://www.naacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1968-CSKing-letter.pdfLawsuit seeks information on AG nominee Jeff Sessions
[JURIST] A journalist and a graduate student at MIT filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] on Tuesday against eight federal agencies for records on attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions [official profile]. Jason Leopold and Ryan Shapiro allege the agencies improperly refused to process their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [backgrounder] requests and denied them rights to appeal. The plaintiffs petition the court to grant expedited processing of their FOIA requests, which they hope will provide information on Sessions' political history. In the past, Sessions has been accused of racism and support of mass deportation of illegal immigrants, which he addressed [JURIST reports] during his confirmation hearings. On Tuesday the Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] agreed to delay [Alabama Today report] the vote on Sessions' confirmation until the end of January.
Continued: http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2017/01/lawsuit-seeks-information-on-ag-nominee-jeff-sessions.php
I hope he is voted through.
