Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized one of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees Tuesday, questioning the Washington state judge's qualifications for the federal bench because of her performance in a hearing last week.
Senate Democrats restarted their judicial confirmation efforts Wednesday with a hearing featuring five district court picks who were announced last year, including just the second trial court nominee from President Joe Biden in a red state to appear before lawmakers.
President Joe Biden on Monday sent 20 district court nominations to the Senate, including 17 picks who were being resubmitted after not receiving confirmation votes last year, although the package did not include three judicial nominees who had been previously announced.
President Joe Biden is nominating a former New Hampshire attorney general to the First Circuit and naming three district court picks in his first round of new judicial nominations in 2023, the White House announced Wednesday.
President Joe Biden renominated more than two dozen judicial picks Tuesday after the Democrats' new Senate majority began its session, the next step in the confirmation process for nominees who did not receive votes last year.