UPDATING: List of Democratic and Republican Lawmakers Calling for Sessions to Recuse or Resign Grows Quickly

65 Lawmakers Already Demand Action

Calls are growing for Jeff Sessions to either resign, or at least recuse himself from investigations into Russia and the Trump administration, but so far the embattled Attorney General has refused to do either. 

Currently, there are 30 House and Senate members (19 Democrats, 1 Independent, and 10 Republicans) calling for Sessions to recuse himself and 35 (34 Democrats and 1 Independent, no Republicans) calling for him to resign.

(Editor’s note: See update below — 100 House Democrats call on Sessions to resign.)

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Here’s the list, via NBC News:

RECUSE:

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) 

Rep. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) 

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) 

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) 

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) 

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) 

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) 

Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) 

Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) 

Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) 

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) 

Sen. Angus King (I-ME) 

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) 

Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) 

Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) 

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) 

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) 

Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) 

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) 

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) 

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) 

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) 

Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) 

Rep. Frank lobiondo (R-NJ) 

Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) 

Rep. Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) 

Rep. Elizabeth Etsy (D-CT) 

Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA) 

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL)

RESIGN:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) 

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) 

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) 

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) 

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) 

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) 

Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) 

Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) 

Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA) 

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) 

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) 

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) 

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) 

Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) 

Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) 

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) 

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) 

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) 

Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) 

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) 

Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) 

Rep. John Delaney (D-MD) 

Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) 

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) 

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) 

Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) 

Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) 

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) 

Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) 

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) 

Sen. Cortez Masto (D-NV) 

Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM)

UPDATE: 2:32 PM EST –
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announces 100 House Democrats now calling for Sessions to resign:

“The top law enforcement officer of the United States cannot be a person who lies under oath to the American people.  Attorney General Sessions’ impartiality was already suspect, now we know he does not have the integrity to lead the Department of Justice.

“Attorney General Sessions must resign immediately.  Our security and our democracy have been undermined by Russia’s meddling, and this Administration clearly cannot be trusted to investigate itself.  There must be an independent, bipartisan, outside commission to investigate the full extent of the Trump political, personal and financial connections to the Russians.”

Have your lawmakers weighed in? Do you want them to change their opinion? Call them: (202) 224-3121. Demand they do their job.

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