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Mitch mcconnell want to get this bill and the nomination of attorney general possible attorney general lynch behind them. all of that being said is one of the things that also held up lynch s confirmation is that it won t stop it because she has five republicans she needs to get over the 51 vote threshold. it s been her support of president obama s executive actions regarding immigration. so procedurally we could see senate republicans i would eye those running for president try to drag out the confirmation if they wanted to by certain parliamentary tactics that would make it have to go longer. overall, i think the human trafficking bill should be okay and lynch will eventually be nominated. the question is whether or not as early as tomorrow or end of this week or early next week thomas. nbc s luke russert on capitol hill. i m going to speak about today s developments on capitol hill with amy cloe bu char. the trial of dzhokhar ....
Unclear whether or not there will be a number of other republicans that will join but if you have 46 democrats and five republicans, that s 51 and the number you need to get a nomination passed in the senate. this is happening, this agreement finally between the two sides on the wording of this bill is just breaking right now, right? that s right. that s right. this has been a long time coming. over 50 days since not only this bill but loretta lynch s nomination passed out of the senate judiciary committee. so they ve been working hard on negotiations trying to like i said, thread a needle that would allow senate democrats to support this bill and not feel like it s an expansion of that hide amendment language. so this agreement, it s a big deal, because this has been holding up lynch s nomination for a relatively unprecedented amount of time. the last seven attorneys general, they waited for less time combined than loretta lynch has been waiting for her nomination to see a vote af ....
Benjamin netanyahu is now beginning to form a new government. it follows his party s decisive victory in the elections. netanyahu is expected to form a more conservative, religious government time. but the obama administration is concerned about the divisive language used in his campaign which would seem end to the peace process. growing demands from democrats for an immediate vote on loretta lynch as the next attorney general. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell is holding up lynch s nomination until the senate finishes work with on a bill to combat human trafficking. he made comments related to rosa park when he accused republicans of putting lynch s nomination in the back of the bus average motorcycle ist arrested in southern california after leading police on a wild chase. along the way he was seen standing on his bike at high speed. moments later he pulled in to a gas station and taken in to custody. ....