--- title: Loretta Lynch's Long Wait for Attorney General Vote Will Soon Be Over description: Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch's historically long wait for a Senate confirmation vote will soon be over. canonical: https://time.com/3829605/loretta-lynch-vote/ author: Alex Rogers article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-21T15:23:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T06:32:56.959Z article:section: Politics og:title: Long Wait for Attorney General Nominee Will Soon Be Over og:description: The historic hold-up will soon be over. og:url: https://time.com/3829605/loretta-lynch-vote/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltedc18b921696b4a7/6987ec1c06f2c1fa2d337d61/loretta-lynch2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: Loretta Lynch og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Long Wait for Attorney General Nominee Will Soon Be Over twitter:description: The historic hold-up will soon be over. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltedc18b921696b4a7/6987ec1c06f2c1fa2d337d61/loretta-lynch2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Long Wait for Attorney General Nominee Will Soon Be Over > Sponsored content. 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Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 28, 2015 prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on her nomination. Susan Walsh—AP by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Apr 21, 2015 3:23 PM UTC Loretta Lynch, the first female African American nominee for U.S. Attorney General, has waited over 160 days for her confirmation vote. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that her wait would finally be over this week, “hopefully” in the next few days. The historic hold-up ended as Senate negotiators announced an agreement Tuesday on an anti-human trafficking bill containing abortion language anathema to Democrats. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said that Republicans had agreed to their request not to expand the scope of the Hyde amendment, which bars the use of taxpayer funds for abortions, and added that the lengthy debate was a “contrived fight.” Republican leadership said the Senate would take up the Lynch vote as soon as they passed the bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell touted the anti-human trafficking bill as a celebratory moment for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. “It’s a stark reminder of the countless victims of modern slavery who continue to suffer horrifying exploitation at the hands of human traffickers — a stark reminder of the need to pass the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act,” he said on the Senate floor Tuesday. “It’s a bill that victims groups and advocates have called ‘the most comprehensive and thoughtful piece of anti-trafficking legislation currently pending.’” The breakthrough comes after President Obama sharply criticized the Senate Friday for stalling the Lynch nomination. “Enough,” he said. “Enough. Call Loretta Lynch for a vote, get her confirmed, let her do her job. 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