Allie Pokorin
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first heard Jul 2026
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And so you'll see senators on that committee casting critical votes this morning.
Now, that committee has two more Republicans than it does Democrats.
That means that likely Blanche is going to need every Republican on that panel to advance votes.
Because Cornyn and Tillis have now dropped their objections, we expect Blanche to be confirmed by the committee this morning and then sent to the whole of the Senate floor for further consideration.
That could set Blanche up for a vote for final confirmation later this week or potentially over the weekend.
Now, Cornyn and Tillis are not the only Republicans who have raised some concerns about Blanche.
Now, there are some who seem to be comforted by the agreement that Cornyn and Tillis reached, but there are still a few senators that we're going to have to keep our eyes out on for the next couple of days to see whether they can get on board with Blanche and Blanche can get the amount of support that he needs when he comes up for a final vote on the Senate floor.
Blanch will need every single Republican to advance out of that committee and get to a vote on the Senate floor.
So there are two senators that we've been keeping a really close eye on on this.
And I know that doesn't sound like very much, but when it comes to a Senate confirmation, every vote matters, especially in a Senate that's divided the way this one is.
These two senators are Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Senators Tom Tillis of North Carolina, both of these men.
have raised objections to advancing Blanche's nomination because they have two major concerns about the acting attorney general that they say they need the Department of Justice to clear up for them before they feel comfortable voting for Blanche.
Every time I think we're getting close to a resolution, somebody throws a wrench into the workplace.
Both of those issues stem from a settlement that President Donald Trump reached with the IRS a little while ago.
As a result of that settlement, two things happened that these senators don't like.
Number one, there was the creation of this $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund.
That fund was designed with the belief that people who felt that they were wronged by President Joe Biden's Department of Justice could seek retribution or repayment for damages that they may have faced under that Department of Justice.
When that weaponization fund was created, it was immediately faced with backlash by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
There were challenges to it and it forced Blanche to come to the Hill and basically profess that the fund would not go forward, that it was dead.
But for Cornyn and for Tillis, they want firmer assurance that that is not going forward.
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