Dems face tight timeline to confirm Biden-Harris judges, surpass Trump legacy
Senate Dems will 'push for floor votes on these highly qualified, diverse nominees,' Dick Durbin tells Fox News Digital
By Julia Johnson Fox News
3 min read| Published September 9, 2024 4:00am EDT
President Biden and Senate Democrats are racing to confirm more judicial nominees than former President Donald Trump did while in office.
However, they face a difficult schedule to get it done, with several time-sensitive pieces of legislation due this fall and an entire month out of session in October.
Prior to the August break, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., announced that seven nominees had been advanced out of committee to be considered for confirmation. It's unclear when these votes will take place once the Senate is back.
A spokesperson for Durbin told Fox News Digital in a statement, "Senate Democrats are in a strong position to confirm additional Biden-Harris judicial nominees through the rest of the year. Chair Durbin will continue holding nominations hearings and markups through the end of the Congress, as well as push for floor votes on these highly qualified, diverse nominees who are bringing balance to the federal judiciary."
So far, Biden has appointed 205 federal judges in his term, compared to the 204 whom Trump had appointed, as of Sept. 5, 2020, according to the Heritage Foundation's judicial tracker.
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