The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to move ahead with President Trump’s nominees to the lower courts as it considers Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
The Judiciary Committee gathered Wednesday to hold confirmation hearings for another batch of Trump’s picks to the federal bench.
Two appeals court nominees are currently awaiting votes on the Senate floor: Andrew Oldham to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Ryan Bounds to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
“We don’t anticipate the [vacancy will have much of an impact on our progress on lower court nominees, especially considering that the Senate will be in session for much of August,” said Taylor Foy, a spokesman for the Judiciary Committee.
Majority Leader McConnell has filed for cloture next week for TWO appeals court judges! When they get confirmed the POTUS will have the most appeals court judges confirmed in his first two years in AMERICAN HISTORY for President.
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