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Senators put Blanche on deadline

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has until 4 p.m. Wednesday to appease two GOP holdout senators and unlock a key vote scheduled for tomorrow morning that would bring him a step closer to heading the Justice Department permanently. Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn said he is waiting for Blanche and the DOJ to nail down modifications to a controversial DOJ settlement that created a $1.8 billion 'weaponization' compensation fund. Cornyn said he was supposed to meet with Blanche Wednesday morning, but the meeting didn't happen. The Senate Judiciary Committee is still currently scheduled to vote on Blanche's nomination Thursday morning. Cornyn said Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, gave him until 4 p.m. to work out a deal, otherwise they would have to postpone the vote. 'We're trying to help them get to a conclusion here, and they won't let us. It's befuddling to me,' Cornyn said of DOJ. Tillis said Wednesday that Cornyn is not 'walking away from it' but rather being 'realistic about planning a markup.' Cornyn and Tillis hold considerable sway on the committee since Republicans can afford to lose only one GOP senator if all Democrats vote against Blanche.