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"My sense is, over the next 48 to 72 hours, that is going to
be resolved, and we will move on to this Iran issue," Senator
Bob Corker, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said
on CNN's "State of the Union" program.
He added that there now were an education bill and trade
promotion agreements, in addition to Iran legislation, due for a
vote on the Senate floor and that as a result, "this logjam ...
will be worked out."
Lynch's confirmation has been pending since she was nominated by
President Barack Obama last November to replace outgoing
Attorney General Eric Holder. On Friday, Obama slammed the
Senate's delay in approving Lynch, calling it embarrassing.
For the past month, Republicans who control the Senate have
delayed a confirmation vote until Senate Democrats end a
filibuster, or blocking tactic, against an unrelated bill
designed to protect victims of human trafficking.
Senate Democrats balked at a provision inserted in the bill by
Republicans that would bar any compensation paid by convicted
sex traffickers into a victim fund from being used for
abortions, except in limited cases.
Republican Senator Mike Lee, who sits on the Senate Judiciary
Committee and voted against Lynch when the committee endorsed
her nomination in February, was less specific than Corker about
the timing of a vote on her nomination.
"I think there will be a vote soon, within the next few weeks,"
he told NBC's "Meet the Press" program.
(Reporting by Lindsay Dunsmuir; Editing by Frances Kerry)
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