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Biden Announces Names of Judicial Nominees in 23rd Round

President Joe Biden has announced four new federal judicial nominees, three nominees for local courts in the District of Columbia, and the intent to put forward a fifth federal judicial nominee. “This is President Biden’s twenty-third round of nominees for federal judicial positions and his tenth slate of nominations in 2022, bringing the number of…


Number of First-Year Senate Confirmations Increases Under Biden Following Trump Dip: Report

The Senate has confirmed more first-year nominees for the Biden administration than it did for the Trump administration, according to a report from the non-profit Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition. However, the number of confirmations fell behind what was confirmed for the Obama and Bush administrations, the report said. The report, dated…


Number of First-Year Senate Confirmations Increase Under Biden Following Trump Dip: Report

The Senate has confirmed more nominees in the first year of the Biden administration than it did for the same period in the Trump administration, according to a report from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition. However, the number of confirmations lagged those for both the Obama and Bush administrations, the report…


Senate Confirmations Increase in Biden’s First Year Following Trump Dip: Report

The Senate has confirmed more nominees in the first year of the Biden administration than it did for the same period in the Trump administration, according to a report from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition. However, the number of confirmations lagged those for both the Obama and Bush administrations, the report…


Senate Confirmations Increase in Biden’s 1st Year Following Trump Dip: Report

The Senate has confirmed more nominees in the first year of the Biden administration than it did for the same period in the Trump administration, according to a report from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition. However, the number of confirmations lagged those for both the Obama and Bush administrations, the report…


Biden Announces 2 Trump Critics to Head CBP, USCIS

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced two critics of former President Donald Trump as his nominees to lead border law enforcement and the immigration services. Biden has nominated Tucson, Arizona, Police Chief Chris Magnus to be Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner and Ur Mendoza Jaddou as Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). CBP is responsible…


Democratic Sens Duckworth, Hirono Threaten to Oppose Biden Nominees Over Lack of Asian Representation

Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said that they would vote no for President Joe Biden’s future nominees, except for diversity nominees, because of the lack of Asian American representation in the cabinet. “There’s no AAPI representation in the cabinet,” Duckworth told reporters on Tuesday. “There’s not a single AAPI in the cabinet…


Democratic Senators Threaten to Oppose Biden Nominees Over Lack of Asian Representation

Update: The two senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) later on Tuesday dropped their threats to oppose Biden nominees after the White House promised a senior-level Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) liason. Earlier story below: Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said that they would vote no for President Joe Biden’s future nominees,…


Democratic Senators Backtrack After Threatening to Oppose Biden Nominees Over Lack of Asian Representation

Update: The two senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) later on Tuesday dropped their threats to oppose Biden nominees after the White House promised a senior-level Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) liason. Earlier story below: Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said that they would vote no for President Joe Biden’s future nominees,…