The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday in favor of moving Pam Bondi forward in the nomination process, bringing President Donald Trump‘s choice to lead the Justice Department one step closer to confirmation.
The committee voted along party lines, 12–10, to advance Bondi’s nomination to the full Senate floor for a vote. The upper chamber is expected to bring her nomination up for a final vote sometime in the next week, but leadership has not yet set a date for it.
Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) praised Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, ahead of the committee vote, highlighting her more than two decades’ worth of experience as a prosecutor.
“Her record shows that she’s willing to tackle and to solve some of the hardest problems facing our nation,” Grassley said, citing Bondi’s past work to eliminate oxycodone pill mills, stop human trafficking,…
