Date: February 1, 2001
Subject: Ashcroft Nomination
Description: Confirmation of President Bush's nomination of John Ashcroft of Missouri to be attorney general. ACU supported this nomination and considers it a critical test of whether conservatives could be confirmed for executive nominations by the Senate and, therefore, significant enough to give it double weight.
Result: Nomination Confirmed, 58-42
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