Trump attorney general pick Todd Blanche faces final hurdle before confirmation vote
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is poised to clear a crucial hurdle Tuesday morning after two Republican holdouts announced Monday that they would support advancing his nomination to lead the Justice Department permanently.Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) said Monday that they would vote for Blanche during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Tuesday meeting, resolving an impasse that forced the panel to postpone consideration of his nomination last week. The committee is scheduled to convene at 9 a.m., and Blanche’s nomination will be the only agenda item the lawmakers will consider ahead of the start of the August recess later this week.
- ▪Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is poised to clear a crucial hurdle Tuesday morning after two Republican holdouts announced Monday that they would support advancing his nomination to lead the Justice Department permanently.Sens.
- ▪John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) said Monday that they would vote for Blanche during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Tuesday meeting, resolving an impasse that forced the panel to postpone consideration of his nomination last week
- ▪The committee is scheduled to convene at 9 a.m., and Blanche’s nomination will be the only agenda item the lawmakers will consider ahead of the start of the August recess later this week.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is poised to clear a crucial hurdle Tuesday morning after two Republican holdouts announced Monday that they would support advancing his nomination to lead the Justice Department permanently.Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) said Monday that they would vote for Blanche during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Tuesday meeting, resolving an impasse that forced the panel to postpone consideration of his nomination last week. The committee is scheduled to convene at 9 a.m., and Blanche’s nomination will be the only agenda item the lawmakers will consider ahead of the start of the August recess later this week.
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