Last updated on July 18th, 2023 at 01:36 pm
President Biden is staging his own operation warp speed, except he is getting judges confirmed and seated at a fast pace.
Biden Is Getting His Judges Confirmed And Seated Faster Than Any President In 40 Years.
Biden isn’t wasting time as he remakes the Judicial Branch:
Nine of Biden’s 33 nominees have already been confirmed, seven of whom were sworn in in the month of July alone, and another 14 are awaiting floor votes in the Senate.
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Those numbers put Biden ahead of any president in the past 40 years at this point in their first year, said Russell Wheeler, a fellow with the Brookings Institution who studies judicial confirmations.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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