The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy, called the vote historic. He noted that Holder's confirmation hearing was held while American was celebrating the 80th birthday Martin Luther King Jr.
Leahy said the confirmation would take the nation up the path that King wanted, where people are judged by the content of their character.
A small group of Republicans said they opposed Holder. They argued he was hostile to gun control and not fully supportive of the war on terrorism.
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