In an interview with Rachel Maddow to air tonight, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid tells her that he has a procedural means by which he will be able to force a vote on the Loretta Lynch nomination.
MADDOW: One thing that has not been done and is now approaching historic delay is the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General of the United States. What is going on there and is she ever going to get a vote?
REID: Now I want to say this to all your viewers, um, we’ve put up with this far too long and we’re going to need to have a vote on her very soon that’s created by Mitch McConnell or I’ll create one. I can still do that. I know parliamentary procedure around here and we’re going to put up with this for a little while longer but not much.
MADDOW: You have a way that you think you can force a vote even if McConnell will…
REID: Absolutely we can force votes. If we don’t get something done soon I will force a vote.
Reid points out that those GOP Senators who have said that they would vote for Lynch would likely not support the procedural measure, but it would force them to register a vote against Lynch (feeling uncomfortable, Senator Kirk?).