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Mukasey's Nomination Likely Headed to Full Vote

By Ron Elving, Madeleine Brand

Published November 5, 2007 at 10:00 AM PST

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Michael Mukasey's nomination for attorney general is pretty much guaranteed to reach the Senate floor. Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer (NY) and Dianne Feinstein (CA) have announced they will support the former judge in Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee vote.

Schumer was an early supporter of Mukasey and although Feinstein votes with her party on most votes, she has a history of backing the Bush White House on a number of major issues.

Once Mukasey's nomination reaches the Senate floor, it is all but assured of being approved.

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Ron Elving

Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.

Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).

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