Senate Judiciary Committee recommends Holder.

In a 17–2 vote today, the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended President Obama’s attorney general nominee Eric Holder to the full Senate for consideration. Six Republicans approved Holder, with Tom Coburn (R-OK) and John Cornyn (R-TX) as the only “nay” votes. Yesterday, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) announced that he would support Holder’s nomination, even though he had expressed reservations about the pick and forced Senate Democrats to delay the hearings.