Loretta Lynch was finally confirmed today as Attorney General. Ten republican senators ended up supporting her.

The only AG that took longer to be confirmed was Ed Meese. Why? Because he was being investigated by a special prosecutor at the time.

Lynch's father, a minister, was in the gallery when the vote came down and was quoted as saying "the good guys won".

Despite Warning Senate Cheers After Lynch Is Confirmed - NBC News


The final vote was 56-43. You can watch the vote being taken on the link above, followed by cheers all around after the vote.

Golly! President Obama AND the American people won AGAIN.

Looks as though the Tea Party will have something else to bitch about.

Originally Posted by Guest

Golly! President Obama AND the American people won AGAIN.

Looks as though the Tea Party will have something else to bitch about.

Of course Marco Rubio voted no, and Ted Cruz didn't even bother to vote.

Back in 2011, The Daily Caller was right when they said that AG Eric Holder's days as AG were numbered, specifically 1277 days to be exact.

Originally Posted by Guest

I suspect your right, but my god, this he said she said mentality is going to destroy America. I have been a republican most of my life, but I swear, which ever candidate if either one, takes the high road in 2016, that person has my vote. This silly B.S. HAS TO STOP. We are in need of a moderate Republican and soon. The liberals wish to give the country away, and the Tea Party's wish is to run it like NAZI Germany.

What a truly deranged comment regarding the Tea Party ... you don't have a clue what's it's about but since when has ignorance been an obstacle for you to opine?

Amazing stuff. This confirmation would have taken place weeks ago, but the Democratic Party, knowing that they were holding it up, played politics with the Human Trafficking bill, and yet uninformed idiots still mention the tea party.

Originally Posted by Guest

Amazing stuff. This confirmation would have taken place weeks ago, but the Democratic Party, knowing that they were holding it up, played politics with the Human Trafficking bill, and yet uninformed idiots still mention the tea party.

Democrats always blame someone else, taking their cue from the current administration.

Originally Posted by Guest

Amazing stuff. This confirmation would have taken place weeks ago, but the Democratic Party, knowing that they were holding it up, played politics with the Human Trafficking bill, and yet uninformed idiots still mention the tea party.

Every time I see the word idiot in a post this comes to mind:

https://youtu.be/GlA35y0bGQc

Originally Posted by Guest

Amazing stuff. This confirmation would have taken place weeks ago, but the Democratic Party, knowing that they were holding it up, played politics with the Human Trafficking bill, and yet uninformed idiots still mention the tea party.

Let me see if I have the sequence of events right. The human trafficking law has been in force since 2000 with periodic reauthorizations

"The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-386), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (H.R. 2620), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 972), and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (H.R. 7311) provide the tools to combat trafficking in persons both worldwide and domestically. The Acts authorized the establishment of G/TIP and the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons to assist in the coordination of anti-trafficking efforts.

-03/07/13 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Title XII of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013)" from State.gov

When the materially identical billed stalled in 2014 it was reintroduced in 2015. It was foolishly assumed by Democrats that as is the usual process the bill is reauthorized without changes of any significance. It sailed through committee with full Democratic support and no discussion of any anti-abortion changes having been made.

"For instance, an e-mail exchange between two Judiciary Committee staffers obtained by POLITICO shows two staffers discussing the legislation. Republicans gave a list of seven changes from a different trafficking bill that stalled last year and the abortion provision wasn’t mentioned."

Then someone read the bill and noticed that the anti-abortion crusaders had modified the bill and added anti-abortion language that had never been in the law before.


"Democrats didn’t read the 68-page bill to discover its provisions dealing with abortion, and Republicans didn’t disclose the abortion language when Democratic staffers asked them for a summary of the legislation."

This alteration to the law was unacceptable to the Democrats and no member of the GOP had felt it necessary to announce the language having been inserted prior to the committee vote. Call it good tactics or call it sneaky. The Dems really should have read the bill but they didn't. Even the house bill didn't contain the anti-abortion language.

So the Democrats insisted the new language be removed before they would vote for the authorization.

The Democrats did not hold up the confirmation vote on AG, that was the majority leader's decision that he couldn't handle the difficult job of having the Senate look at two issues at once and until the trafficking bill was adjusted the Senate would be unable to vote on AG. The Democrats were perfectly ready all along to vote on the AG, from the day she passed through the required committee.

Originally Posted by Guest

Let me see if I have the sequence of events right. The human trafficking law has been in force since 2000 with periodic reauthorizations

"The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-386), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (H.R. 2620), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 972), and the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (H.R. 7311) provide the tools to combat trafficking in persons both worldwide and domestically. The Acts authorized the establishment of G/TIP and the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons to assist in the coordination of anti-trafficking efforts.

-03/07/13 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Title XII of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013)" from State.gov

When the materially identical billed stalled in 2014 it was reintroduced in 2015. It was foolishly assumed by Democrats that as is the usual process the bill is reauthorized without changes of any significance. It sailed through committee with full Democratic support and no discussion of any anti-abortion changes having been made.

"For instance, an e-mail exchange between two Judiciary Committee staffers obtained by POLITICO shows two staffers discussing the legislation. Republicans gave a list of seven changes from a different trafficking bill that stalled last year and the abortion provision wasn’t mentioned."

Then someone read the bill and noticed that the anti-abortion crusaders had modified the bill and added anti-abortion language that had never been in the law before.


"Democrats didn’t read the 68-page bill to discover its provisions dealing with abortion, and Republicans didn’t disclose the abortion language when Democratic staffers asked them for a summary of the legislation."

This alteration to the law was unacceptable to the Democrats and no member of the GOP had felt it necessary to announce the language having been inserted prior to the committee vote. Call it good tactics or call it sneaky. The Dems really should have read the bill but they didn't. Even the house bill didn't contain the anti-abortion language.

So the Democrats insisted the new language be removed before they would vote for the authorization.

The Democrats did not hold up the confirmation vote on AG, that was the majority leader's decision that he couldn't handle the difficult job of having the Senate look at two issues at once and until the trafficking bill was adjusted the Senate would be unable to vote on AG. The Democrats were perfectly ready all along to vote on the AG, from the day she passed through the required committee.

It's amazing how we turn into idiots when we see the underhanded and despicable tactics used by the te naggers. They are truly disgusting!

Al Sharpton made another one of his visits to Obama headquarters and personally vouched for Loretta Lynch. Enough said.

As to congressional voting if you haven't figure it out yet both sides simply won't introduce a bill and do an up/down vote. No, they have to try and sneak through controversial junk which to me is counterproductive and often not in the best interests of citizens and costly to taxpayers . Such was the case here.

The above-mentioned is the symptom the problem is the federal government is much too big and needs to be reduce to about half its size.

People who make disparaging comments about any political party are fooling themselves and error in dealing with absolutes. They would serve themselves better by focusing on individual issues and people to maintain their objectivity

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It is interesting to look at the GOP members who voted for Lynch. Most are from bluish states and are looking at facing the voters in 2016. However the strange one is McConnell voting yes. Best explanation is to give his moderate members some political cover. See, if I voted the same way as the GOP Senate leader then no one can say I voted against the party. No one here said they voted for Lynch because she was the President's choice, and the President is entitled to have his people in the cabinet unless they are unqualified. (although I've always wondered if RFK would get confirmed as JFK's AG today)

Well we will soon see the true grit and political persuasion of this new AG.
Will she kowtow to the Obama very leaning left or will she do the right thing and open an investigation on the Clinton Foundations suspected quid pro quo Russia uranium deal with Sectetary of State boast of a "reset with Russia.
Obama went after Senator Robert Mendez for his poltical favors for pa with a florida doctor and the state of Virginia sent governor McConnell to prison for accepting money for political favors. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

The trail of scandal left the Clinton's from Arkanas to present day make such allegations clearly worth looking at. the clinton sold access to the Lincoln bedroom and in darkness have been selling bits of America for a very long time.
This is what despots do in 3rd world countries

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Originally Posted by Guest

Well we will soon see the true grit and political persuasion of this new AG.
Will she kowtow to the Obama very leaning left or will she do the right thing and open an investigation on the Clinton Foundations suspected quid pro quo Russia uranium deal with Sectetary of State boast of a "reset with Russia.
Obama went after Senator Robert Mendez for his poltical favors for pa with a florida doctor and the state of Virginia sent governor McConnell to prison for accepting money for political favors. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

The trail of scandal left the Clinton's from Arkanas to present day make such allegations clearly worth looking at. the clinton sold access to the Lincoln bedroom and in darkness have been selling bits of America for a very long time.
This is what despots do in 3rd world countries

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You don't need the AG to be involved in any Clinton issues. The House will certainly have twenty or thirty committees investigate, issue reports that they can find no evidence of wrong doing, then appoint new committees to investigate the same thing over and over. And perhaps the Speaker can shed a tear over that lack of any quid pro quo.

You forgot to add something about Rev. Sharpton to this post. I think he was they guy who smuggled the cash into the state department.

Clinton couldn't keep his pennis in his pants. Other than that his administration may be the most successful scandal free and economically beneficial 8 years since Ike. And no one was constantly checking on Ike. What was Bill's approval rating when he left office? Oh , it was the highest of any President since Gallup began polling. So whatever it was that the Clintons gave America, America liked it.

Can anyone please explain to me what 43 GOP Senators felt was a legitimate reason to not consent to the nomination of Lynch? Other than general hatred of Obama. Isn't it the role of the Senate to determine whether the nominee is qualified for the job, has an appropriate skill set and temperament? I can see voting against a nominee based on some wild ideology that nominee may hold. What is Lynch's wild ideology?