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Senate Panel Backs Loretta Lynch as Attorney General
The Wall Street Journal ^ | Feb. 26, 2015 11:55 a.m. ET | Andrew Grossman

Posted on 02/26/2015 9:13:15 AM PST by newgeezer

WASHINGTON—The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to move Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama ’s nominee for attorney general, to the Senate floor for a final confirmation vote.

The committee approved the nomination of Ms. Lynch, currently Brooklyn’s U.S. Attorney, by a vote of 12 to 8. Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Orrin Hatch of Utah joined all of the committee’s Democrats in voting yes.

Ms. Lynch has so far generated little animosity from Republican senators, even those who ended up voting against her. Many praised her work as a prosecutor and some said they were glad that Attorney General Eric Holder , a frequent target of GOP criticism, would be replaced. Mr. Holder is staying on the job until Ms. Lynch is confirmed.

But during Ms. Lynch’s confirmation hearing late last month, she drew criticism from most of the committee Republicans for saying she agreed with a Justice Department memo that said Mr. Obama’s plan to grant a reprieve to millions of undocumented immigrants was legal. Nor did Ms. Lynch forcefully disavow any of Mr. Holder’s policies—though she did repeatedly say she would be independent from the president. And she promised to try to improve the relationship between the Justice Department and Congress.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: South Carolina; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: doj; immigration; justicedepartment; lorettalynch
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Flake, Graham, and Hatch. B*st*rds.
1 posted on 02/26/2015 9:13:15 AM PST by newgeezer
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To: newgeezer

“Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Orrin Hatch of Utah joined all of the committee’s Democrats in voting yes.”

LMAO!

Of course, the usual suspects. Can’t wait to see these bums in the minority where they belong.


2 posted on 02/26/2015 9:15:31 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: newgeezer; holdonnow

Worthless.


3 posted on 02/26/2015 9:15:38 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: newgeezer

“Flake, Graham, and Hatch. B*st*rds. “

Two Mormons and a fag!


4 posted on 02/26/2015 9:16:17 AM PST by vette6387
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To: newgeezer

Yeap the McCain Mini-Me and McCain’s Wonder Twin. Hatch has always been a squish.


5 posted on 02/26/2015 9:16:34 AM PST by C19fan
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To: newgeezer

The uni-party strikes again.

I look forward to 2016 and hearing how we have to back the RINOs i.e. the lesser of two evils. It’s pretty damn obvious how that is paying off.

F the Republican party. I’m done with the traitors.


6 posted on 02/26/2015 9:17:24 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: newgeezer

The RINOs in the Senate have joined with Traitorobama in giving aid and comfort to the enemy.


7 posted on 02/26/2015 9:17:50 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: newgeezer

8 posted on 02/26/2015 9:20:02 AM PST by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: newgeezer

democrats still control the senate.


9 posted on 02/26/2015 9:20:07 AM PST by duffee (Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
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To: newgeezer

It’s time to march on Washington, by tea party, and conservatives....to let the GOP know they WILL vote the way we want or we will start a 3rd party and split the vote in every race. we need to be serious about this effort for them to take us as a legitimate threat.


10 posted on 02/26/2015 9:20:46 AM PST by Solson (Grand Old Party 1854 - 2010 RIP)
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To: newgeezer

Idiots. Hard to believe that the Senators voted for evil and incompetence.


11 posted on 02/26/2015 9:21:03 AM PST by mulligan (I)
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To: newgeezer; alarm rider; Alex1977; at bay; Babsig; BILL_C; bnelson44; ColdOne; DesScorp; G.Love; ...
Once again, linda has done what she does best: stab her constituents in the back.

Uber RINO Lindsey Ping
"Republican by day, Democrat by night."


Want on or off this ping list?
Just FReepmail me.


12 posted on 02/26/2015 9:22:07 AM PST by upchuck (The current Federal Governent is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V.)
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To: duffee

Flake, Graham and Hatch are de facto Democrats. Throw McCain and Collins in there and you basically have the Senate in Democrat control.


13 posted on 02/26/2015 9:22:11 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: newgeezer

Why are any Demonrats even on these committee’s??


14 posted on 02/26/2015 9:22:46 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: newgeezer

Oh for f*cks sake!

Just what I need to make my perma-migraine worse.


15 posted on 02/26/2015 9:25:16 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: upchuck

The people of SC knew who this was, and those idiots still put him back in the Senate.

We warned them. They didnt care.


16 posted on 02/26/2015 9:26:25 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: mulligan

Seriously? Hard to believe? How long have you been following politics? This is predictable, and 100% so since Bush 1 was in office. I remember listening to the radio when the “assault weapons” ban was given to us. Since then, I realized the D vs R battle was WWF...err WWE incarnate. I was a newbie to political talk at the time, and it shocked me then. It was hard to believe THEN, not anymore.


17 posted on 02/26/2015 9:28:22 AM PST by Glad2bnuts
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To: newgeezer

Why are we killing ourselves?


18 posted on 02/26/2015 9:32:51 AM PST by iowacornman (Republicans are worthless)
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To: newgeezer

You expected?? hmmmm?


19 posted on 02/26/2015 9:33:37 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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Call Congress!
Stop the Loretta Lynch nomination!

Only Three days to go until March!

FReepers, Let's GIT_R_DONE!

20 posted on 02/26/2015 9:37:31 AM PST by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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