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Lynch Vote Expected

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There may be a vote in the US Senate this week on the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be the next US Attorney General. Her nomination has been on hold for several months in a battle between Senate republicans and President Obama over immigration policy.

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says he would vote to move the nomination to the floor…

 

Rounds says he has not been impressed with Lynch’s views on the immigration issue…

 

Rounds says he has not talked directly with Lynch about the nomination…

 

Senate republican leader Senator Mitch McConnell has said he will not bring the nomination to the floor until there is a vote on a human trafficking bill.

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