BREAKING: Senate confirms Lynch as new A.G.!

[MoonRiver]

I think this woman is awesome!

[RGinNJ]

1. It's about time.

[MoonRiver]

3. Absolutely.

[randome]

2. Yay! The Republicans DID something!

(Can the bar get any lower?) But congratulations to A.G. Lynch!
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[jwirr]

4. Wonderful. What ws the vote numbers?

[MoonRiver]

7. Don't know yet. But I don't think it was close.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Loretta Lynch confirmed as US attorney general in 56-43 Senate vote

says Breaking News headline
Even McConnell voted for her.

Which leads me to ask....what did our side have to give up for those votes.?

[hootinholler]

5. I thought it was gonna take a (wait for it)

Lynch-mob

[MoonRiver]

6. Oh no you didn't.

[snooper2]

10. There is something funny as having an AG with last name of Lynch LOL

[Buzz Clik]

24. ugh. too soon. forever.

[liberal N proud]

8. Damn, the pukes did something?

[Corey_Baker08]

9. Hell Yeah About Time

[randome]

11. Those precious Congressional souls must be exhausted.

Time for a three week recess!
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[0rganism]

12. shows how much they hated Holder

if the GOP can bring itself to confirm a black woman as AG...

[bigwillq]

13. Glad they finally took a vote

It was past time.

[KMOD]

15. It's about time.

Disgusted with how they held this up for so long.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Good

About fucking time.

[2naSalit]

20. ^^THIS^^

[malaise]

17. AFT

Aboutfuggingtime!!!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Cruz, who called her "lawless" skipped the vote.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/23/senate-confirms-loretta-lynch-attorney-general-record-delay

Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, missed the vote after making a speech against Lynch on the Senate floor on Thursday morning.

[Jester Messiah]

21. Good. The less he's around, the better. [nt]

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. I guess he was off making,....er,...."raising" money.

[Mike Nelson]

19. YAY!

...but Republicans set new levels of confirmation problems. I expect them to get even worse.

[3catwoman3]

22. Which 10 republicans voted...

...for her?

[Sheepshank]

25. OMFG...they voted.

fucking assholes

[Hoyt]

26. That is really good news. I'm a little surprised, but glad.

[cwydro]

27. YOWZA!

I've been up on my tractor plowing all day, and just came in to see this!

Thanks for the good news!

[Pisces]

28. Finally!!

[questionseverything]

29. hate to be the fly in the ointment but

i wish the current admin would of nominated someone that was not against the legalization of mj

http://mjbizdaily.com/ag-nominee-opposed-to-cannabis-legalization/

[Garion_55]

30. isnt she Pro drug war, pro asset forfeiture, pro keep doing shit the same way?

I havent heard that she is as liberal on drug policy as her boss unless ive missed it. maybe she will be now that shes gotten the vote. but from what ive understand her history im not impressed.

[Ilsa]

31. What was the compromise to get a vote?

I mean, I assume the Democrats had to give up something. Or not?

[Unknown Beatle]

32. She's just the

same as Eric Holder. She'll give Wall St. special privileges too.

– serving as a director of the New York Federal Reserve Board from 2003 to 2005. Here she worked with people like former Citigroup chairman Sandy Weill, ex-Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld and ex-Blackstone chairman Pete Peterson.

The directors of the New York Fed don’t play a huge role in supervising Wall Street banks or conducting monetary policy. But their biggest job is to select the president of the organization. And in 2003, Loretta Lynch had one of six votes in the appointment process that eventually put someone named Timothy Geithner in charge.

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/10/loretta_lynchs_wall_street_friends_what_you_should_know_about_ag_nominees_finance_past/