By Kaanita Iyer, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN(CNN) — Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said Friday she will vote against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, narrowing his chances at Senate confirmation for the role. A defection from Cassidy would likely mean that Blanche would not get a confirmation vote before senators leave for August recess Friday. “The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration,” Murkowski said. The Alaska senator listed her grievances with Blanche’s nomination and the Justice Department more widely under Trump. In a statement of her own opposition to Blanche’s nomination earlier this week, Collins cited Blanche having “taken several actions that have further eroded the Department’s independence.”