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April 23, 2015

Senate Set to Approve Loretta Lynch After Trafficking Bill Passes 
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In the United States, Senate lawmakers are expected to approve Loretta
Lynch as the first African-American woman attorney general today, after
unanimously passing a human trafficking bill which delayed her
confirmation. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc Connell had refused to
allow a vote on Lynch's nomination until the trafficking bill passed.
For six weeks, the bill stalled as Democrats objected to a provision
they say would have expanded the ban on taxpayer funding for abortion by
applying it to nontaxpayer funds. The compromise still blocks abortion
funding for trafficking victims but does not extend the federal ban.
Loretta Lynch has waited over five months for a confirmation vote,
longer than any other Cabinet nominee in the last three presidential
administrations. She would replace outgoing Attorney General Eric
Holder.

 

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