Senate delays Todd Blanche vote as 2 Republicans press for IRS deal limits
What's next: John Cornyn and Thom Tillis want written guarantees that a scrapped $1.776 billion fund stays dead and Trump's audit protections are narrowed.
Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general hit a setback after the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a planned vote, exposing resistance from two Republicans whose opposition could block him. The delay followed negotiations over the Justice Department's settlement of Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina have pushed for written assurances that the abandoned $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund will not be revived. Cornyn also wants the tax-audit provision rewritten so it applies only to existing audits, not future tax filings by Trump.