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Confirmed – Loretta Lynch is the Next United States Attorney General

It took a very upset president to call out the Republicans on their shenanigans just days ago in the foolish and unnecessary hold up of Loretta Lynch’s confirmation. But today, after almost 170 days of waiting, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate finally did what they were hired to do…  work!

Loretta Lynch was confirmed Thursday as attorney general, the first black woman in American history to hold the country’s top law enforcement post.

The Senate approved Lynch, a federal prosecutor from New York, on a 56-43 vote after an unusually lengthy confirmation delay. President Barack Obama nominated Lynch as the successor to Eric Holder in November.

Lynch’s path to becoming the first African American woman to serve as attorney general was fraught with partisan bickering — fighting that continued on Thursday.

Obama said the Justice Department would benefit from Lynch’s experience as a “a tough, independent, and well-respected prosecutor.”

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McConnell – Loretta Lynch’s Confirmation Hearings “in the next day or so”

After days and weeks and months of unnecessary delays, Republicans and Democrats have finally agreed that it’s time to have confirmation hearings for Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General.

“I’m glad we can say there is a bipartisan proposal that will allow us to complete action on this important legislation so we can provide help to the victims who desperately need it,” said Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. He said he anticipated a vote on Lynch, who will become the nation’s first black female attorney general, “in the next day or so.”

“Let’s get out of this quickly,” said Democratic Leader Harry Reid. “Let’s get Loretta Lynch confirmed.”

Senate Republicans led by Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, were holding up Lynch’s confirmation because an abortion language in the human trafficking bill. Both sides finally agreed on new language in the bill after President Obama called the Senate’s inaction on Loretta Lynch “embarrassing.”

Lynch, who was nominated by the president last fall, would be the first black female attorney general if she is confirmed.

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President Obama is Frustrated Over Republicans’ Holdup of Loretta Lynch – Video

And now the President of the United States is calling out the Republicans over their continued blockage of the Loretta Lynch confirmation. The President correctly stated that Loretta Lynch is “a woman who everybody believes is qualified” to be the next Attorney General of the United States, but she is blocked for no reason by Republicans.

Explaining that Mrs Lynch has waited for confirmation “longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined,” a visually exasperated president called the blockage “political gamesmanship in the Senate.” Senate Leader Mitch McConnell is holding up the Lynch confirmation because he wants Democrats to vote on abortion language in a Human Trafficking Bill.

Republicans love abortions apparently!

Again, one thing has nothing to do with the other, but… political gamesmanship!

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Rev. Al Sharpton and Others will Hold a Hunger Strike Until Loretta Lynch is Confirmed

Eric Holder, the current Attorney General, has already said he wants to leave the post, and over 160 days ago, the president nominated his successor. But Republicans, branded “the party of NO,” apparently see political benefits in refusing to confirm the new Attorney General, so Sharpton along with female civil-rights leaders are trying to put pressure on Senate leader Mitch McConnell with a hunger strike.

“As long as the Senate refuses to take fifteen minutes to confirm someone for Attorney General that they have already confirmed twice for U.S. Attorney,” National Action Network and its allies “will do everything in our power to draw attention to this completely unfair and unnecessary delay to vote to confirm Loretta Lynch,” Sharpton, who founded NAN, said in a statement Wednesday.

The group’s executive director, Janaye Ingram, added: “We stand with Loretta Lynch and are so in support of this cause that we are willing to sacrifice our daily meals to impress upon the U.S. Senate that it’s time to call a vote.”

The hunger strike is part of a broader public pressure campaign for Republican leaders to quickly hold a confirmation vote for Lynch, who has been stuck in a nomination purgatory ever since she cleared the Judiciary Committee in late February. Lynch, the current U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, would be the first black woman to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement official.

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Rev. Al Sharpton Calls for Confirmation Hearing For Loretta Lynch

Senate Republicans need to stop playing politics with this nomination and do what is demanded of them by the Constitution. People are speaking out all over the nation about this issue and on Saturday, the Reverend Al Sharpton lend his voice to the rising calls for a Loretta Lynch confirmation hearing.

At the National Action Network’s annual convention Saturday in New York City, a crowd chanted “call the vote,” 1010 WINS’ Roger Stern reported.

Sharpton said given the use of deadly force by police around the nation in recent months, including the recent death of a black motorist in South Carolina, there needs to be a confirmation vote on Lynch.

“We call on today, Mitch McConnell head of the Senate, to give America a fair prosecutor to look at these cases,” Sharpton said.

President Obama appointed Lynch 5 months ago and she has waited longer for a confirmation vote than any other attorney general nominee in recent history, Stern reported.

Lynch is the top federal prosecutor for New York’s Eastern District, which includes Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island. She also held the position under President Bill Clinton.

If confirmed by the Senate, Lynch would be the first African-American woman to hold the position.

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Republicans Have Loretta Lynch on Hold… For No Apparent Reason Whatsoever

The reason may not be apparent, but deep down, the thought of the first black female attorney general must make some Republicans quiver in their skin. It has already been 154 days and according to Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, there is still no plans to confirm Lynch as the Attorney General of the United States.

McConnell and Senate Republicans explain that the reason for the hold up is Democrats. They want Democrats to vote on an abortion clause in a human trafficking bill. Not sure what the connection is between the Attorney General of the United States and an abortion clause, but, Republicans love talking about abortions. So that is the reason Loretta Lynch has waited longer for the attorney general confirmation than any other attorney general in recent history!

President Obama’s nomination of Loretta Lynch to become the country’s first African-American woman attorney general is a historic pick. Her confirmation, however, is now taking on new historical relevance as her wait for a confirmation vote by the full Senate drags into its sixth month.

The period between the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to confirm and the full Senate vote — which in Lynch’s case has not been scheduled — has lasted longer for her than for any attorney general nominee in recent history. By the time the Senate returns from Easter recess on Monday, it’ll have been longer than the eight previous nominees for the job — combined.

Lynch, currently the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, cleared the committee February 26 by a vote of 12-8, with Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Jeff Flake of Arizona joining Democrats in sending the nomination to the full Senate.

Obama nominated Lynch to replace Attorney General Eric Holder on November 8, after Holder had announced plans to leave the post weeks earlier.

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