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Blanche's attorney general nomination passes first test, now faces full Senate vote
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Sen. John Cornyn, shown Tuesday after voting to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general, had raised concerns about the Justice Department’s $1.8-billion “anti-weaponization fund.”
Now all attention will be trained on three potential Republican holdouts in the Senate: Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
The earliest the Senate could vote to confirm Blanche under Senate rules would be Saturday, unless Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.)
Blanche became acting attorney general in April after Atty.
He could continue to serve as acting attorney general even if not confirmed, but the Trump administration would then be blocked from appointing a new deputy attorney general.