Murkowski Breaks with GOP to Advance Justice Nominee

“The Senate narrowly voted to advance the nomination of President Joe Biden’s nominee to be associate attorney general, Vanita Gupta, setting up a final vote expected later Tuesday despite fierce opposition from most Republican senators,” CNN reports.

“Vice President Kamala Harris was on hand in case she was needed for a 50-50 tie on the procedural vote for Gupta’s nomination Wednesday that fell strictly along party lines, but Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican from Alaska, broke with her Republican colleagues and joined all Democratic senators to advance the nomination 51-49.”