Loretta Lynch nomination heads to Senate floor By Susan Ferrechio FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint February 26, 2015 4:50 pm FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint A Senate panel has just cleared the nomination of Loretta Lynch to become the next U.S. attorney general. The vote was 12 to 8. The nomination now moves to the Senate floor. Lynch would replace Attorney General Eric Holder. Recommended Stories Pence group tells GOP not to ‘settle for the Biden spending levels’ in budget fightDuckworth says US strike on Venezuelan boat opens Americans to similar attacksPaul slams 'despicable' Vance post dismissing US 'war crime' in Venezuelan boat strike TagsCongressDepartment of JusticePennAvePolitical BuzzSusan FerrechioVideos Related Content World Israel threatens to destroy Gaza City in ‘mighty hurricane’ if Hamas doesn’t surrender World Venezuela boosting effort against drug trafficking after US boat strike Immigration California Democrats blast Supreme Court for greenlighting Trump’s ‘roving patrols’ Congressional Republicans target Roy Cooper over ‘weak’ crime policies during governorship after light rail stabbing Economy What are the tariff rebates Bessent has warned would be ‘terrible’ for Treasury Department?
