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Axios: Schumer's last sprint to beat McConnell and Trump's judges record
Axios - Schumer's last sprint to beat McConnell and Trump's judges record
Stephen Neukam
20 mins ago
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has two to go to beat GOP leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) record on confirming judges.
Why it matters: Schumer's final confirmations are the Democratic Party's final shot at confirming their own nominees for at least four years.
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Stephen Neukam
20 mins ago
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has two to go to beat GOP leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) record on confirming judges.
-Schumer plans to confirm those two lifetime appointment judges this week, surpassing McConnell's 234 during the first Trump administration.
Why it matters: Schumer's final confirmations are the Democratic Party's final shot at confirming their own nominees for at least four years.
-Schumer has moved 20 judicial nominees through the Senate during the lame duck session.
-Schumer had a one-seat majority for the last two years of the Biden administration.
-Vice President Harris voted seven times to break a tie in the chamber over a judicial nominee.
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