{"id":2398693,"date":"2025-02-04T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-votes-to-advance-pam-bondis-nomination-one-final-hurdle-remains\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:10:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:10:36","slug":"senate-votes-to-advance-pam-bondis-nomination-one-final-hurdle-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-votes-to-advance-pam-bondis-nomination-one-final-hurdle-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Votes to Advance Pam Bondi&#8217;s Nomination &#8211; One Final Hurdle Remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-votes-to-advance-pam-bondis-nomination-one-final-hurdle-remains%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398693&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate is \u200dpoised to\u2063 hold a final \u200cconfirmation vote for \u2063Pam Bondi, \u200cnominated to \u200cbe President Donald Trump&#8217;s attorney general, following a procedural vote that passed with a 52 to \u206446 majority.This vote limits the\u2064 debate on her nomination, making \u200bthe final confirmation expected soon. Bondi, who previously\u200d served as Florida&#8217;s attorney general from 2011-2019 and \u200dworked\u2064 as an \u2064attorney \u2064for Trump during his first impeachment trial, \u200bfaces scrutiny from Democrats who have\u2062 raised concerns about her \u200bquestioning of the 2020 election results.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, several Republican senators defended her position, \u2064asserting that questioning an election&#8217;s results\u2063 does not equate to being an election denier. They\u2062 emphasize \u2064her \u2064acceptance of President Biden&#8217;s victory during her hearing.Some Democrats have\u200c also questioned her\u2064 independence, suggesting that her loyalty \u200cto Trump could pose challenges if she were asked\u2063 to \u2064act unconstitutionally.\u2062 However, Republican leaders argue that\u200c loyalty to a president should not disqualify someone from serving in a cabinet \u200dposition.<\/p>\n<p>The context of \u200bher nomination is underscored by recent efforts from the Trump administration to restructure its legal team and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">remove \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal ... to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">federal prosecutors<\/a> considered unsupportive<\/a> of Trump&#8217;s agenda,reflecting ongoing tensions from\u2063 previous investigations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Members of the Senate are expected to cast a final vote on the nomination of Pam Bondi to serve as President Donald Trump&rsquo;s attorney general following a procedural vote on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers voted 52 to 46 in favor of limiting debate on the nomination, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5124545-pam-bondi-attorney-general-nomination-cloture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Without an agreement with the Democrats, that means a final confirmation vote can be expected for early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pam-bondi-fires-back-dem-senators-bullying-routine-not-homework\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bondi<\/a>, who served as the attorney general of Florida between 2011 and 2019, previously worked as an attorney for Trump during his first impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p>She also led the legal arm of the America First Policy Institute, a think tank supportive of Trump&rsquo;s agenda.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>During her confirmation hearing last month, Bondi faced pressure from Democrats who noted that she questioned the results of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>But several Republicans defended her.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On multiple occasions during her hearing, Ms. Bondi stated that President Biden was the president, and that she quote-unquote accepted the results,&rdquo; Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, told his colleagues, as noted by The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As I said during the hearing, questioning the results of an election does not make one an election denier,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Several Democrats also questioned her ability to remain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-pam-bondi-turns-tables-dem-senator-pressed-weaponization-doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">independent<\/a> if Trump asks her to commit an illegal or unconstitutional act.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley also rebuked those questions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some of my colleagues also suggest that Miss Bondi&rsquo;s loyalty to President Trump is somehow disqualifying,&rdquo; Grassley continued. &ldquo;It is not persuasive in any way. There&rsquo;s nothing wrong with President Trump appointing someone who seriously defended him to a high position.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Grassley added that &ldquo;Ms. Bondi publicly supported President Trump, just like 77 million Americans who voted him back into office in November.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So this too is not a disqualifying attribute,&rdquo; he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has indeed cracked down on federal prosecutors and other senior federal officials involved in lawfare against the returning commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>Several prosecutors who worked for special counsel Jack Smith, who resigned days before Trump took office, were told in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-doj-cracks-prosecutors-worked-jack-smith-removed-federal-service-effective-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> last week from Acting Attorney General James McHenry that they cannot be &ldquo;trusted&rdquo; to &ldquo;faithfully&rdquo; advance the agenda of the new administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You played a significant role in prosecuting President Trump. The proper functioning of government critically depends on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-doj-cracks-down-on-prosecutors-who-worked-for-jack-smith-you-are-removed-from-federal-service-effective-immediately\/\" title=\"... DOJ Cracks Down on ... Who ... for Jack Smith: &#039;You Are ...d from Federal Service Effective Immediately&#039;\">trust superior officials place<\/a> in their subordinates,&rdquo; McHenry wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Given your significant role in prosecuting the President, I do not believe that the leadership of the Department can trust you to assist in implementing the President&rsquo;s agenda faithfully,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<style> \t\t\t \t\t\t.insticator-unit.type-commenting{margin: 0 10px 25px 10px}@media screen and (max-width:1060px){#div-insticator-ad-cmt-1, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-2, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-3, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-4{margin: 0 auto 25px auto !important;}}#div-insticator-ad-cmt-1, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-2, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-3, #div-insticator-ad-cmt-4{height: 280px !important; width: 336px !important} \t\t<\/style>\n<div class=\"insticator-unit type-commenting\">\n<div class=\"insticator-ads\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\t\t\tif ( ! getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-1\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-2\"); \t\t\t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-1\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-2\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t<\/script> \t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"insticator-ads additional\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\t\t\tif ( ! getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-3\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tInsticator.ad.loadAd(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-4\"); \t\t\t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-3\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"div-insticator-ad-cmt-4\").remove() \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t<\/script> \t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate members are anticipated to vote on Pam Bondi&#8217;s nomination as Attorney General for President Trump after a procedural vote on Monday. The vote to limit debate passed 52 to 46, as reported by The Hill. If no agreement is reached with Democrats, the final confirmation vote is likely set for early Wednesday morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2398694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pam-Bondi.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21060,9134,45476,5894,3740],"class_list":["post-2398693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hurdle","tag-nomination","tag-pam-bondi","tag-politics","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Pam-Bondi.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398697,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398693\/revisions\/2398697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}