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Lynch replaces outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced his resignation in September. Holder stayed on the job
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Lynch was confirmed in the Senate 56 to 43. All Democrats voted for her, along with 10 Republicans: Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Thad
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Under the deal announced Tuesday, the bill will create two funding streams. The first one flows from fines collected from
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Here's a chart that gives some important context on things that took less time to complete than Lynch's confirmation. If
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Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" that he expects a vote on Lynch's nomination "within the next
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In its latest episode, “The HuffPost Show” discussed the top stories of the week and delved into the Loretta Lynch stalemate
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Lynch appears to have enough support to be confirmed, whenever she gets a vote. If confirmed, she would be the first African
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“Rather than rush a nominee through the Senate in a lame-duck session, I hope the president will now take his time to nominate
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That likely leaves the nomination for the next Justice Department chief, replacing Attorney General Eric Holder, frozen until
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"You don't hold attorney general nominees hostage for other issues," Obama told The Huffington Post's Sam Stein in a sit
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This story has been updated to include comment from Reid and Schumer. Before the Senate considers Lynch's nomination, McConnell
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He stopped short, though, of saying there's a racial component to Republicans' reasons for holding up the vote. In their
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The debate about confirming Loretta Lynch is suddenly getting partisan. Democrats are now increasingly slamming Republicans