Nomination of Kristen Clarke, controversial Biden civil-rights pick, hangs in balance
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The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Kristen Clarke to run the civil rights division at the Department of Justice on Thursday, but her confirmation is still not certain as a handful of key moderate senators have yet to announce their stance on the nominee.
Murkowski broke ranks with Republicans to help confirm Vania Gupta as associate attorney general last month, and also voted for Deb Haaland to be Interior secretary. Manchin, meanwhile, scuttled the confirmation hopes of Neera Tanden, Biden's former nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget, when he publicly opposed her. None of the senators' offices took a stance for or against Clarke, who has a history of controversial comments against senators, Supreme Court justices and on policing, when contacted by Fox News multiple times Thursday and Friday.
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