Loretta Lynch's nomination as Attorney General was approved in committee last Thursday, which should lead to a quick confirmation vote in the full Senate. It should, but that doesn't mean it will, because actual governing isn't something Mitch McConnell's Senate will do. The official excuse for not having the vote this week is that they just have too much to do to get to her. The Judiciary Committee Thursday voted in favor of her nomination for attorney general, but the full Senate is unlikely to take up Lynch’s nomination this week, according to Senate Republican leadership aides—pointing to an already-packed floor schedule. Here's what the schedule is packed with: The Senate will first take up a request from the House to trigger formal negotiations over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which Democrats plan to block.