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Lawmakers in both parties are building momentum behind efforts to bar members of Congress from trading individual stocks, aiming to eliminate conflicts of interest for elected officials and improve upon a decade-old law banning congressional insider trading.
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Memphis attorney Andre Mathis to the Sixth Circuit on Thursday despite Republican objections that the White House insufficiently consulted with Tennessee senators on the nominee from their state.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said Monday they are recommending a federal magistrate judge to the White House for a coming vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., expressed frustration Thursday when committee votes for several U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal nominees were delayed at the request of Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., because of the Republican's dissatisfaction with the U.S. Department of Justice.
President Joe Biden hosted the top senators on the Judiciary Committee at the White House on Tuesday and spoke by phone with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, kicking off the Senate consultation to build support for his eventual nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.