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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to advance U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark's nomination to the Federal Circuit and approved four of President Joe Biden's district court picks, moving them one step closer to confirmation.
Democratic senators praised Sixth Circuit nominee Andre B. Mathis at a hearing Wednesday while brushing aside Republican complaints about the White House's consultation with Tennessee senators on his nomination, arguing the process was a direct result of the GOP's past changes to appellate confirmations.
President Joe Biden resubmitted the nominations of Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission and Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday, restarting action on their confirmations as the Senate began its new session.
The Biden administration's top legislative priority stalled as the Senate wrapped up the last hours of the 2021 session. But as Democrats failed to move the White House's massive social spending bill, they turned to a more successful area — a late-hour push to confirm nine federal district judges.
The White House said Thursday that President Joe Biden had nominated two Black women for vacancies on the D.C. Circuit and Eleventh Circuit, bringing the total number of federal judicial nominees this year to 75 as he pushes to diversify the bench.