Senate confirms Vanita Gupta for No. 3 spot at Justice Department in narrow vote
The Senate narrowly approved the nomination of Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general on Wednesday, despite widespread GOP concern that she was unfit for the No. 3 spot at the Justice Department. The vote was 51 to 49. Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the only Republican to join with all Democrats to support Gupta’s confirmation….