Loretta Lynch nomination heads to Senate floor

Published February 26, 2015 4:50pm ET



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.

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