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The article I chose was about a group of black woman leaders and clergy. They were pushing for Senate to vote on a bill so they could finally confirm Loretta Lynch as the attorney general. Lynch becoming the attorney general is important to these women because, if she is confirmed, she will be the first African American female attorney general. The women marching on Capitol Hill are mad because her confirmation has been delayed for four months and will not be passed until an unrelated sex trafficking bill is passed. It has been hard for this bill to pass because it was previously nonpartisan but Republicans added on a part about anti-abortion that many Democrats did not agree with. Lynch is very qualified and many believe her confirmation to being the attorney general is being postponed for no good reason.

I think it is great that these women are trying to get what they want done in Congress. If they continue to push for Lynch's confirmation then they will one day be successful and we will have the first African-American female attorney general.

This is related to our course because it involves lobbying and the Senate.