Cruz: Senate Should Wait Until Next Congress Before Voting On New AG

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the fourth annual Texas Tribune Festival held at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez)
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said a new Congress should be sworn in before a replacement for Attorney General Eric Holder is confirmed.

“To ensure that justice is served and that the Attorney General is not simply replaced with another extreme partisan who will likewise disregard the law, the Senate should wait until the new Congress is sworn in before confirming the next Attorney General,” Cruz said in a statement on Thursday in response to news that Holder had decided to resign his post.

Cruz wants the Senate to wait on the chance that control of the chamber will switch from Democratic to Republican. Forecasters have said Republicans have a slightly better chance of taking control of the Senate but most of the deciding races are very close.

“Allowing Democratic senators, many of whom will likely have just been defeated at the polls, to confirm Holder’s successor would be an abuse of power that should not be countenanced,” Cruz added.

As other Republican lawmakers did, Cruz also criticized Holder’s time in office, saying he had “proven to be the most partisan attorney general in our history.”

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  1. “Most partisan Attorney General in history”???

    Rafael Cruz forgot about his buddy Alberto Gonzalez :wink:

  2. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    So in other words Eric Holder will be AG until Obama leaves office. Works for me.

  3. COnFirMIng a NEW AG DuriNG a LAme DUck SeSSION is IMMoral, ILLEgaL and ANti-coNSTitUTIONAL. Just LIKE ObUMMER to MAke UP ruleS aS he GOEs RAther THAn foLLOw the RUle of LAW!!!1!!1!!one!111!!!

  4. Avatar for jsfox jsfox says:

    Says one the most partisan, fiscally irresponsible Senators in the history of the Senate

  5. Why should Congress wait. Pres Obama is Pres and he should be able to fill the post, when Holder resigns.

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