US Senate Judiciary holds over vote on Blanche nomination for AG as Grassley slams Dems

By: Ashley Murray

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: July 23, 2026

Words: 612

Last Updated: 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

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WASHINGTON — Members of the U.S. Senate tasked with advancing acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to be the nation’s top law enforcer on Thursday pushed the vote one week.

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s delayed vote to send the controversial nominee to the full Senate is “per standard committee practice,” according to a spokesperson for Chairman Chuck Grassley.

The Iowa Republican and the committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., used …

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