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Senate votes to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general (opens the original)
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All Democrats voted against Blanche's nomination. The Senate narrowly confirmed Todd Blanche to be attorney general by a vote of 50-49 early Saturday. As expected, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the only two Republicans to vote against Blanche's nomination. Sen. Bill Cassidy voted with the rest of his GOP colleagues in favor of Blanche after announcing his intention to do so in a floor speech Friday morning. All Democrats opposed the nomination. Sen. Mitch McConne
Republican holdouts meet with Blanche as his AG nomination remains in jeopardy (opens the original)
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Trump on Thursday floated temporarily withdrawing Blanche's nomination. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche met Thursday afternoon with Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis following President Donald Trump's threat to pull his nomination, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. It marked the first meeting the group has had this week following Cornyn's multiple cancellations on Blanche. It's not clear where the negotiations stand after the gathering. Trump floated the possibility
Trump floats temporarily withdrawing Blanche's AG nomination over GOP holdouts (opens the original)
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Sen. John Cornyn said there were "new complications this morning." President Donald Trump on Thursday floated the possibility of temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general as his confirmation is being held up by two outgoing Republican senators. "Todd Blanche is a STAR, and everyone knows it! He has the potential to go down as one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time. However, John Cornyn, of Texas, and Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, both of whom I refused t
As Maine Democrats scramble to replace Platner, party director says the 'grassroots energy … needs to find a home' (opens the original)
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The party faces uncharted waters since Platner withdrew from the race. As the Maine Democratic Party scrambles to recover from the collapsed Senate campaign of Graham Platner, at the state party headquarters the phone hasn’t stopped ringing for 31-year-old Executive Director Devon Murphy-Anderson and her small team -- along with a growing army of unpaid volunteers. They‘re facing uncharted political waters since Platner withdrew from the election last week in the race against Republican incumben
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