The Senate is nearing a deal that would clear the way for Loretta Lynch to be confirmed as the first African-American woman to serve as attorney general.
A senior Senate Republican aide said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) hopes this week to pass a long-delayed anti-human-trafficking bill, confirm Lynch and begin work on bipartisan legislation that would establish congressional review of a nuclear deal with Iran.
A vote on Lynch could happen Wednesday or Thursday, Senate aides said, pending a deal on and quick passage of the trafficking bill, which has been held up by a fight over abortion language.
But some Republicans are pushing for votes on amendments to the trafficking bill, including a proposal from Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) that would require background checks of workers with unsupervised access to children.
In addition, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) wants a vote on an amendment curtailing birthright citizenship, according to Senate aides.
Pressure has steadily built on McConnell to schedule a vote on Lynch, with calls coming even from members of his own party, such as likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush and New York Rep. Peter King.
“As soon as we get the trafficking bill locked down, she’ll be next,” said a GOP aide of Lynch.
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If they vote this commie 0bama lapdog in.. it will be a mistake
ReplyDeleteAffirmative action is alive and well, it's the only way the troglodyte can get a job like that.
ReplyDeleteThere has to be 299,999,999 other people better suited for the job than Lynch. Vote one of them in.
ReplyDeleteThey are going to confirm a person who came right out and said that she will NOT uphold the Constitution and this will allow our "leader" to continue his lawless behavior that is ruining our country. For God's sake--wake up before there is no turning back!
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