Will Thom Tillis vote to advance Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination at the Aug 4 committee meeting?
50% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 2 predictions cast.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines on Aug. 4, 2026, to advance Todd Blanche's nomination to be U.S. attorney general, sending it to the full Senate. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., joined the Republican majority in voting yes, ending weeks of holding out alongside Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Tillis and Cornyn had threatened to delay or block the nomination unless Blanche formally killed a proposed $1.8 billion Justice Department "anti-weaponization fund" -- tied to a settlement resolving President Trump's dispute with the IRS -- that critics said could compensate Trump allies and Jan. 6 defendants. Blanche issued a written order rescinding the fund over the weekend before the vote, after which Cornyn and Tillis said they would support advancing his nomination. Speaking shortly before the vote, Tillis said he would back Blanche while pressing him to "bend the curve" on what Tillis called Justice Department "weaponization" by both parties, citing the Obama and Biden administrations. The vote capped a monthslong confirmation fight and set up a final Senate floor vote before the August recess. On Predict Six, the market's 50% "Yes" community prediction reflected genuine uncertainty over whether Tillis -- one of two publicly undecided GOP senators -- would follow through; the committee's party-line outcome resolved the question True.