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Posted on 04/21/2015 7:45:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Surprised? Don’t be, as the confirmation vote for Loretta Lynch was never going to be stalled forever. Under pressure themselves, Democrats finally cut a deal on the human-trafficking bill to get the Lynch nomination completed:
“I’m glad we can say there is a bipartisan proposal that will allow us to complete action on this legislation so we can provide help to the victims who desperately need it,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced on the Senate floor.
“As soon as we finish the trafficking bill, as I’ve indicated for some time now, we’ll move to the president’s nominee for attorney general in the next day or so,” he added.
Democrats will spin this as a victory, but they caved on the use of revenue from the law’s fine structure for abortions:
After weeks of abortion-related stalling on the trafficking bill, which in turn has delayed Lynch, the solution turned out to be a fairly simple one. The handshake agreement on trafficking gives Republicans what they sought: assurances that none of the funds provided to trafficking victims will be used for abortions, under the Hyde amendment.
But Democrats also got what they wanted: A path forward without expanding the Hyde language. The fees collected from convicted traffickers will be used for legal services and other concerns but under the new language cannot be used for medical services. Separate money appropriated by Congress, and thus subject to Hyde, will then be used for medical services.
That means that the Hyde language is now unnecessary for the bill, since none of the revenue can be used for medical services at all of any kind. Those resources will have to come from appropriations instead, which already carry the Hyde language. It’s the same result through a different mechanism for Republicans, who wanted to make sure that the trafficking bill didn’t get used as a back door for federally funded abortions. Reid and the abortion lobby worked hard to open that path by demanding the removal of the Hyde language from the bill, but in the end they ended up with nothing at all.
That will allow the Senate to take up Lynch’s confirmation as Attorney General. Most whip counts published in the last few weeks have her winning the vote, but not by much. National Journal’s Sarah Mims says Lynch has 51 confirmed ayes, with another 13 Senators publicly undeclared. Don’t expect too many more Republicans to climb aboard the Lynch bandwagon, and there may still be a surprise or two on the way to confirmation. We’ll see.
Update: It’s worth noting that John Cornyn originally offered to direct all revenues from this bill into the general fund and then use appropriations to fund the services it authorizes, an offer that’s very similar to this compromise, and which Reid rejected outright.
The “FIX’ is in. These “SPINELESS WHORES” that still call themselves REPUBLICANS will vote for Loretta Lynch. They had just waited out every one that were against this appointment. I will make a prediction: this appointment will be done on a Friday.
Beginning with she sees her primary job to run interference for Obama and his minions instead of prosecuting them for their crimes.
How come when a Democrat president nominates a “controversial” liberal to a cabinet post, it’s inevitable that that person will get the job, while when a Republican president nominates a “controversial” conservative, it’s inevitable that the person will be rejected after lots of back and forth in the MSM.
She’s a black Harvard Law grad.
Doesn’t get better than that!
And we don’t choose our leaders based on the school they attended, but by the wisdom they have demonstrated they have gleaned from said school. Abraham Lincoln comes to mind.
Because to the media, there is no such thing as a “controversial” liberal.
After weeks of abortion-related stalling on the trafficking bill, which in turn has delayed Lynch, the solution turned out to be a fairly simple one. The handshake agreement on trafficking gives Republicans what they sought: assurances that none of the funds provided to trafficking victims will be used for abortions...
All of this would be fine if the current executive branch followed the law.
It doesn't. I won't be surprised if Valerie vetoes this bill, demanding funding for infanticide.
Alternatively, if the bill does pass, an executive order or other "guidance" is issued from the cabinet secretary or in one of Valerie's "signing statements" that will IGNORE the law as passed.
In the meantime, Lynch gets to gallop toward hanging our liberties out to dry.
If only the Iranians would send a reply to the Republican leadership on how winning negotiations with Obama is done.
Lynch will be worse than Holder.
Vote. Her. Down.
....or lose the next election!
The EXEMPT: "I support AG Lynch because SHE will let McCain and us continue
our (odious, reprehensible) attacks on conservatives by the IRS."
Well, at least they got Democrat “assurances”.
I detest the Republican “leadership”.
Lynch will hit the ground RUNNING . More CRAZY is about to start
What I don't get is that three of these crooks are from very conservative states. I guess they must think they're "safe."
I’m going to want a list of names of all Rs that vote to confirm!
She’ll be like a bull in a china shop, with a chicken-with-its-head-cut-off sitting on its back giving it directions...
When did Jeff Flake become such a...well....flake!!
Love my Senator!! :)
“Because to the media, there is no such thing as a “controversial” liberal.”
Controversial liberals either get hired by the MSM (Al Sharpton) or discussed as irrelevant (Jeremiah Wright).
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