FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)  WASHINGTON – Senate leaders say they have reached a deal that could allow for a long-delayed vote in the coming days on the nomination of Loretta Lynch for attorney general.  The nomination has been held up amid a bitter dispute on Capitol Hill over an anti-human trafficking bill. But leaders on Tuesday announced a bipartisan proposal, which could in turn allow for Lynch's nomination to be taken up soon.  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday that "as soon as" they finish the trafficking bill, they'll move to the attorney general vote -- "hopefully in the next day or so."  Though Lynch faces heavy Republican opposition in her bid to succeed Eric Holder at the helm of the Justice Department, she may have just enough support to clear the 60-vote threshold and secure confirmation from the Senate.  So far, the biggest hurdle had been the trafficking bill dispute.  Lawmakers of both parties had been eager to move forward on the trafficking bill, which had wide bipartisan support until Democrats said they noticed a provision in the bill barring money in a new victims' fund from going to pay for abortions in most cases. They claimed this amounted to an unacceptable expansion of existing prohibitions on federal funding for abortions.  Negotiations have centered on how to structure the victims' fund to satisfy Democrats' concerns, while reassuring Republicans that they are not relaxing existing prohibitions on abortion spending.  The deal, Fox News is told, will allow money in the fund to be used for legal aid and law enforcement, but not health care and medical services. However, a separate pool of money could be used for health care -- and existing abortion funding restrictions will remain in place.  Fox News' Kara Rowland and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Key senators say they're close to a deal on an anti-trafficking bill, potentially clearing the way for a vote to confirm President Barack Obama's attorney general.