LINCOLN - The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Lesley Woods as the next U.S. attorney for the District of Nebraska, along with a group of 15 other U.S. attorneys. The vote, on a group of nominees, was 51-47.

In a news release, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said despite having bipartisan support and being favorably reported out of the Judiciary Committee, the U.S. attorney nominees languished on the Senate floor due to a blanket hold Democrats placed on all 93 U.S. attorneys earlier this year.

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