Judicial nominations is one area where Democrats can move President Biden's agenda forward as the focus starts shifting to the 2024 presidential race.
's agenda forward as the focus starts shifting from legislative action to the 2024 presidential race.
The new slate of judicial nominees joins a list of roughly three dozen that are awaiting a hearing, are pending in committee, or have been approved by the judiciary panel and are now waiting for a finalDemocratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and President Joe Biden are shown as they arrive at the U.S. Capitol for a Senate Democratic luncheon July 14, 2021 in Washington, DC.
But the current pipeline of judicial nominees includes 17 that are teed up for a final vote in the Senate, where Democrats are in control and can confirm Biden's court picks without Republican support. Another nine judicial nominees are waiting for a vote in the Judiciary Committee, the next-to-last step for final confirmation.
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