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Blanche wins votes for Senate confirmation (opens the original)
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Embattled attorney general nominee Todd Blanche secured his 50th Senate vote from Sen. Bill Cassidy, teeing him up to be confirmed as soon as Friday. “This is not a referendum on President Trump,” Cassidy said from the Senate floor. “It is a decision regarding Mr. Blanche. … All considered, I will vote for Mr. Blanche.” The Louisiana Republican’s support is a major win for President Donald Trump and Blanche, who is serving as acting attorney general and was nominated nearly two months ago to per
Thune sets up votes on sanctions, nominees as final summer sprint takes shape (opens the original)
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday night the chamber is hoping to pass a stopgap funding bill as well as a long-stalled Russia sanctions bill Friday. They are also set to confirm dozens of nominees and — Republicans hope — Todd Blanche as attorney general if he can win the support of Sens. Lisa Murkowski or Bill Cassidy. Thune indicated Blanche’s fate was still uncertain and that leaders were “still working to get the final vote.” Republicans will also hold an initial vote on a budg
Cornyn: Blanche vote could be postponed (opens the original)
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A crucial committee vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general could be postponed, Sen. John Cornyn said Tuesday, amid a struggle over changing a settlement agreement Blanche brokered between President Donald Trump and the IRS. Cornyn (R-Texas) said a delay in the planned Senate Judiciary Committee vote Thursday is “being discussed but hopefully … won’t be necessary” as he pushes for ironclad modifications to the settlement that created a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund and imm
Senate adding Iran sanctions to Russia bill (opens the original)
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Senators are adding financial penalties against Iran to a bipartisan Russia sanctions package they are hoping to move before the August recess, Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday. “It was a late add,” Thune told reporters. “I think everybody’s fine with it because we would do it anyway. Iran sanctions is something we’ve had in place for the last 30 years.” Senators have been trying to pass a bipartisan bill, S. 5025, sanctioning Russia and buyers of its oil for months, but the effort has t
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