Brian4Liberty
02-26-2015, 11:56 AM
Senate panel votes to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/senate-panel-votes-to-confirm-loretta-lynch-as-attorney-general/2015/02/26/0a79c5de-bdc0-11e4-bdfa-b8e8f594e6ee_story.html)
By Sari Horwitz - February 26
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to confirm U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch as the next attorney general, sending her nomination to the full Senate, where it is expected to be voted on in the coming days.
By a vote of 12 to 8, the committee approved the nomination of Lynch, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, as the first African American woman to take the reins of the Justice Department. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced in September that he would step down as soon as the Senate approved a new nominee.
Sens. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) voted with the committee’s nine Democrats to approve Lynch’s nomination. Several Republicans on the committee, including Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Sen. John Cornyn (Tex.), said they would oppose the nomination because of President Obama’s executive action on immigration.
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More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/senate-panel-votes-to-confirm-loretta-lynch-as-attorney-general/2015/02/26/0a79c5de-bdc0-11e4-bdfa-b8e8f594e6ee_story.html
By Sari Horwitz - February 26
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to confirm U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch as the next attorney general, sending her nomination to the full Senate, where it is expected to be voted on in the coming days.
By a vote of 12 to 8, the committee approved the nomination of Lynch, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, as the first African American woman to take the reins of the Justice Department. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced in September that he would step down as soon as the Senate approved a new nominee.
Sens. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) voted with the committee’s nine Democrats to approve Lynch’s nomination. Several Republicans on the committee, including Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Sen. John Cornyn (Tex.), said they would oppose the nomination because of President Obama’s executive action on immigration.
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More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/senate-panel-votes-to-confirm-loretta-lynch-as-attorney-general/2015/02/26/0a79c5de-bdc0-11e4-bdfa-b8e8f594e6ee_story.html