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Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley rescheduled a planned vote on Todd Blanche\u2019s nomination as attorney general late Friday in a preemptive move as negotiations between the Trump administration and GOP holdouts continue.<\/p>\n

The vote, now set for Tuesday after a scheduled Thursday vote was postponed, isn\u2019t an indication that a deal allowing for Blanche\u2019s confirmation is near, so much as it is a nod to Judiciary Committee rules that require three days of notice for a panel meeting.<\/p>\n

There is no sign that President Donald Trump is about to acquiesce to the unflinching demands of Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who wants a controversial settlement agreement between Trump and the IRS substantially pared back.<\/p>\n

Cornyn, who lost his primary to a Trump-endorsed candidate, wants the Justice Department to nullify a $1.8 billion \u201cAnti-Weaponization Fund\u201d and limit the scope of a tax audit immunity component of the pact.<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters earlier Friday<\/u><\/a> the fund is \u201cdead\u201d but added \u201cI wish it weren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to see them compensated,\u201d he added, referring to people he considers victims of government abuse, including participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.<\/p>\n

To advance Tuesday, Blanche needs to pick up Cornyn and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), another senator on the panel with similar concerns. He can\u2019t lose any GOP votes if he wants to be reported favorably out of the Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n

“Chairman Grassley wants Todd Blanche\u2019s nomination to be successful,\u201d said a Judiciary Committee spokesperson, who declined to be named. \u201cNoticing the markup gives more time for the White House to secure the votes for the President\u2019s nominee. Grassley would like to see Blanche confirmed before the August recess as he has an excellent record restoring law and order and keeping Americans safe.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley rescheduled a planned vote on Todd Blanche\u2019s nomination as attorney general late Friday in a preemptive move as negotiations between the Trump administration and GOP holdouts continue. The vote, now set for Tuesday after a scheduled Thursday vote was postponed, isn\u2019t an indication that a deal allowing for Blanche\u2019s confirmation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}