The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-8 to move Loretta Lynch’s nomination to the full Senate floor for a vote.
Three Republicans, Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, Orrin Hatch of Utah and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, voted with Democrats in favor of Lynch despite concerns among some Republican members about her willingness to act as a sufficient check on the White House.
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Lynch herself was not present for the committee’s meeting, but her father Rev. Lorenzo Lynch, a Baptist minister, was in attendance.
