By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Since the Senate began voting on nominees for FBI director in 1973, only one senator cast a no vote – until Tuesday.
That’s when five Democrats objected to the confirmation of Christopher Wray to replace fired FBI Dire tor James Comey.
The final vote was 92-5. Voting no were Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley, Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden.
The only other nominee for FBI director to receive a no vote was Comey in 2013, when Sen. Rand Paul objected, according to CNN.
The bureau’s first director, J. Edgar Hoover, was not subjected to a Senate vote, and he held the position for nearly 48 years.
