A frustrated President Obama is telling Republicans that it is past time to confirm his nomination of Loretta Lynch for attorney general.

"It has been more than four months since I nominated Loretta Lynch to serve as the next Attorney General of the United States," Obama said Saturday during his weekly address. "In fact, by Monday, she will have been waiting for a simple yes-or-no vote on the Senate floor for longer than the seven previous Attorneys General combined."

Obama said the move is purely political and a vote could be brought up at any time. However, Republicans blame the holdup citing concern over language in a human-trafficking bill that would allow federal funds to be used for abortions -- a concern that is of no interest to the president in his haste for Lynch's confirmation.

On Friday, Obama charged that Senate Republicans are holding Lynch "hostage." Meanwhile, Democrats are blocking this bill even though its passage would speed up the vote. Yet, the president is insisting for his own party to "not back down."

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) stooped to leveling accusations of racism against Republicans this week when he said they are making Lynch, a black woman, "sit in the back of the bus." Fox News' Greta Van Susteren scolded Durbin and said he should apologize for playing the race card in her Off the Record comments Thursday:

Here are two factoids for you tonight. In 2005 Senator Durbin voted against Janice Rogers Brown, an African-American woman on the United States Court of Appeals for the DC circuit. No Republican accused Senator Durbin for being racist for voting against her.Also in 2005, Senator Durbin voted against Condoleezza Rice, the first African-American woman secretary of state, and again, no Republican called Senator Durbin a racist for voting against her.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is urging a "no" vote from his fellow Republicans citing Lynch's support of Obama's unconstitutional executive orders and maintains that the vote shouldn't even be brought up until the human-trafficking bill is settled.

But for Obama, this delay is just another instance of Republicans breaking their promise to "function smoothly with them in charge." He concluded his weekly address saying:

Congress should stop playing politics with law enforcement and national security. They should support good people in both parties who want to reform our criminal justice system. And that means they should end the longest confirmation process for an Attorney General in three decades, and give Loretta Lynch a vote.

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