Washington, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday evening voted mostly along party lines to confirm Pam Bondi as the new attorney general, head of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
The nomination was approved by a vote of 54-46, with just one Democratic senator joining Republicans in supporting Bondi.
In late November, then-President-elect Donald Trump nominated Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida from 2011 to 2019, to replace Matt Gaetz, who had recused himself from consideration due to lack of support.
During her tenure as Florida's attorney general, Bondi advocated for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, supported restrictions on abortion, and opposed certain LGBTQ+ rights, including the legalization of same-sex marria...