soon. what senator reid is preparing on doing to get a new attorney general in the country f, if he is proposing what i think he is proposing, it would be upset against the senate. but it s not against the rules. with the republicans holding the majority, that means mitch mmc mcconnell gets to vote on what gets on the committee. and it s not on the floor for a vote because mitch mcconnell doesn t want to. what he thinks he can do because loretta lynch did clear the committee, he thinks because of that he can break protocol and himself call for a vote on her nomination. it s not the way they do things. democrats are not in control of the senate. but technically, he is not breaking the rules and he could
be very close to a deal on the trafficking bill, which is the big hold up. and senator mcconnell said they are trying to force it and dot the ts and cross the is. but at the same time, we don t know whether or not the deal will materialize. if they do vote on that, mcconnell said it will take a day to consider and they will get to loretta lynch before they move on to the iran sanctions, the deal they plan to do next week as well. if they move on the trafficking bill, if they break the impasse on that, that will happen as soon as next week? the next few days? if they come up with a deal and mcconnell stays true to his word, they could see it as soon as tuesday or wednesday. but the senate moving really slow. it s hard to predict when they are going to get an agreement,
reno and dick thornburg. and one of the things about loretta lynch. if you take all the time the last nominees in to wait on the senate floor for a vote and you take the wait time con bined and double it loretta lynch has waited longer than that. she has waited longer than five months without getting a vote in the senate. iraq holder eight days. loretta lynch, five months and counting. senate republicans will not schedule a vote on her. and they are in charge of the senate. what can you do. and senator harry reid told me that republicans are in control and democrats are not, and he is a democrat he has a trick up his sleeve, that will allow him and the democrats to force a vote on loretta lynch, really?
but it s not against the rules. with the republicans holding the majority, that means mitch mcconnell gets to vote on what gets on the committee. and it s not on the floor for a vote because mitch mcconnell doesn t want to. what he thinks he can do, because loretta lynch did clear the committee, he thinks because of that he can break protocol and himself call for a vote on her nomination. it s not the way they do things. democrats are not in control of the senate. but technically, he is not breaking the rules and he could need 50% of the senators to put her up far vote. there are 50 senators that confirm. it s a democrats and a small number of republicans.