Posted on 02/26/2015 9:13:15 AM PST by newgeezer
WASHINGTON—The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to move Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama ’s nominee for attorney general, to the Senate floor for a final confirmation vote.
The committee approved the nomination of Ms. Lynch, currently Brooklyn’s U.S. Attorney, by a vote of 12 to 8. Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Orrin Hatch of Utah joined all of the committee’s Democrats in voting yes.
Ms. Lynch has so far generated little animosity from Republican senators, even those who ended up voting against her. Many praised her work as a prosecutor and some said they were glad that Attorney General Eric Holder , a frequent target of GOP criticism, would be replaced. Mr. Holder is staying on the job until Ms. Lynch is confirmed.
But during Ms. Lynch’s confirmation hearing late last month, she drew criticism from most of the committee Republicans for saying she agreed with a Justice Department memo that said Mr. Obama’s plan to grant a reprieve to millions of undocumented immigrants was legal. Nor did Ms. Lynch forcefully disavow any of Mr. Holder’s policies—though she did repeatedly say she would be independent from the president. And she promised to try to improve the relationship between the Justice Department and Congress.
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“Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Orrin Hatch of Utah joined all of the committee’s Democrats in voting yes.”
LMAO!
Of course, the usual suspects. Can’t wait to see these bums in the minority where they belong.
Worthless.
“Flake, Graham, and Hatch. B*st*rds. “
Two Mormons and a fag!
Yeap the McCain Mini-Me and McCain’s Wonder Twin. Hatch has always been a squish.
The uni-party strikes again.
I look forward to 2016 and hearing how we have to back the RINOs i.e. the lesser of two evils. It’s pretty damn obvious how that is paying off.
F the Republican party. I’m done with the traitors.
The RINOs in the Senate have joined with Traitorobama in giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
democrats still control the senate.
It’s time to march on Washington, by tea party, and conservatives....to let the GOP know they WILL vote the way we want or we will start a 3rd party and split the vote in every race. we need to be serious about this effort for them to take us as a legitimate threat.
Idiots. Hard to believe that the Senators voted for evil and incompetence.
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Flake, Graham and Hatch are de facto Democrats. Throw McCain and Collins in there and you basically have the Senate in Democrat control.
Why are any Demonrats even on these committee’s??
Oh for f*cks sake!
Just what I need to make my perma-migraine worse.
The people of SC knew who this was, and those idiots still put him back in the Senate.
We warned them. They didnt care.
Seriously? Hard to believe? How long have you been following politics? This is predictable, and 100% so since Bush 1 was in office. I remember listening to the radio when the “assault weapons” ban was given to us. Since then, I realized the D vs R battle was WWF...err WWE incarnate. I was a newbie to political talk at the time, and it shocked me then. It was hard to believe THEN, not anymore.
Why are we killing ourselves?
You expected?? hmmmm?
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