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  • Republicans fume as GOP absences help Democrats move judicial nominees

    11/20/2024 12:07:39 AM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 28 replies
    The Hill ^ | Nov 19, 2024 | Al Weaver
    Senate Republicans aired frustrations Tuesday after Vice President-elect Vance and other party members skipped votes Monday, greasing the skids for Democratic-backed judicial nominees to be greenlighted as part of a final push to fill the bench with lifetime appointees before President-elect Trump takes office. Republicans on Monday attempted to slow down an effort by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to advance more than a dozen judicial nominees, which Democrats have prioritized before ceding power at year’s end. However, they were unable to stop them as a handful of their GOP colleagues did not show up to the Capitol for...