美参议院将对下任司法部长提名投票表决

Five months after her nomination by U.S. President Barack Obama, Loretta Lynch is expected to be finally confirmed by the Senate as the nation\'s next attorney general Thursday.

Lynch\'s nomination had been held up for weeks after Senate Democrats held up passage of legislation aimed at cracking down on human trafficking, due to an anti-abortion amendment inserted into the bill by Republicans. In response, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to bring Lynch\'s nomination up for a vote until work on the trafficking bill was resolved.

The impasse over the abortion measure was broken earlier this week when a handful of Republicans and Democrats reached a compromise, paving the way for its passage Wednesday by a vote of 99-0.

奥巴马总统五个月前提名洛雷塔·林奇为司法部长，但参议院迟迟没有对提名进行表决，原因是参议院民主党议员因为共和党人要求在打击人口走私的提案中加入反堕胎条款而推迟通过这一议案。共和党籍的参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔则拒绝人口走私法案通过之前对林奇的提名确认交付表决。

国会两党本星期早些时候打破了在堕胎法案问题上的僵局，两党一部分议员达成折衷。参议院星期三以99票赞成、无人反对通过了打击人口走私议案。