WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice of Loretta Lynch to be the
next U.S. attorney general got a boost on Thursday when Republican
Senator Mark Kirk announced his support, possibly providing a crucial
51st vote for the embattled nominee.
"I am confident from my conversation with
Loretta Lynch that she will be a valuable partner in confronting the
gang violence that is robbing families of their children every day in Chicago," Kirk, a senator from Illinois, said in a statement.
All 44 Senate Democrats and two independents are
expected to vote for Lynch, who would be the first African-American
woman to head the Justice Department.
Most Republicans are planning to vote against
her to protest Obama's November executive order easing the threat of
deportation against 4.7 million undocumented immigrants.
Prior to Thursday, four Republicans indicated
they would vote for Lynch's nomination, and with Kirk, there potentially
would be a majority in the Senate to confirm her.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
has put Lynch's nomination on hold, however, until the Senate passes a
domestic human trafficking bill that is being blocked by Democrats due
to objections over anti-abortion language that has been attached to the
measure.
It is not clear how long McConnell would hold off on a vote on Lynch if the impasse on the legislation is not broken following a spring recess that ends April 13.
If confirmed by the Senate, Lynch would replace retiring Attorney General Eric Holder.
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what's new? Just another traitor corporate thug criminal replacing another. Nothing has changed. Nothing new. Nothing here to see. It's just all business as usual.
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