Pam Bondi is one step closer to becoming the next attorney general after her nomination cleared a procedural hurdle Monday. Senators voted 52-46 along party lines to approve a motion to invoke cloture on her nomination.

The Senate on Monday voted 52-46 in a party-line vote Monday to advance the nomination of Pam Bondi to be the Department of Justice’s next Attorney General.

U.S. 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.