President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, was approved in a party-line vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday approved the nomination of Trump attorney Pam Bondi to be the next U.S. attorney general. The party-line 12-10 vote sends the nomination to the full Senate for a vote.

US Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi advanced past the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday on a party-line basis, teeing her up for a full-chamber confirmation vote. Bondi, 59, cleared the committee in a 12-10 vote,