The confimation of the new Attorney General of the United States will have to wait until U.S. lawmakers are able to come up with a decision that has nothing to do with the post, but in an abortion issue that is contained in a separate measure.

Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell says the senate will postpone the vote on President Barack Obama's nominee for Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, until the impasse on a bill that tackles abortion is solved. And it is expected that Senate Democrat and Republicans will take a long time deciding on the proposed bill.

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The measure to which they lawmakers tied their decision on Lynch is the Hyde Amendment, which creates a fund to help the victims of human trafficking.

The bill is an important piece since it changes the way women are regarded in sexual trafficking cases. Whereas before, women involved in these crimes are treated as law offenders, when the measure is passed, it will regard women as the victims.

The Hyde Amendment was initially expected to be passed by the U.S. Congress in no time. But Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal from Connecticut  noticed a provision that stirred some debates.

The Democrats, led by Blumenthal, say the Republicans inserted in the bill a provision declares that any federal fund that will be allocated for the campaign against human trafficking must not in any way go to abortion.

The Democrats find this part unacceptable, and they say it expands the issue on human trafficking to a much wider range of discussion.

Some say, this will force government to pay for "personal funds paid in fines." But the Republicans countered that they did not deliberately try to hide the interesting provision.

They claim that the provision has been in the bill since last year.

Some republicans also say, the amendment "logically applies to this fund."

McConnell says, "They all voted for the very same language in the bill in December."

Now the Democrats are not touching the bill until the 'abortion' language is removed from it. This is causing a gridlock on the fate of the Hyde Amendment.

The lawmakers are not saying why the confirmation of Lynch is tied to the issue. 

She was nominated for the post in November, last year.

McConnell merely says, "This will have an impact on the consideration of the new Attorney General. I had hope to turn to her next week.But if we can't finish the bill on trafficking, she will be put off again."

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