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With Republicans set to take control of the chamber on Jan. 3, the Senate on Tuesday held a confirmation vote on one of Biden's judicial nominees - former prosecutor April Perry - for the first ...
Biden passes 200th judicial confirmation milestone as election looms. ... Biden reached the 200 milestone on Wednesday when the Senate voted 66-28 to confirm U.S. Magistrate Judge Angela Martinez ...
Trump's pick to direct national intelligence efforts will get a key Senate vote to tee up her confirmation later this week. ... This will set Gabbard up for a final confirmation vote on Wednesday ...
Historically, such rejections are relatively uncommon. Of the 37 unsuccessful Supreme Court nominations since 1789, only 11 nominees have been rejected in a Senate roll-call vote. [53] The most recent rejection of a nominee by vote of the full Senate occurred in 1987, when it defeated Robert Bork's nomination by a 42–58 vote. [54]
On occasion, a cloture vote has been taken in an effort to end Senate debate and allow a confirmation vote to take place. Between the 1917 (when cloture was introduced to the Senate) and year 1975, cloture required the support threshold of two-thirds of senators present and voting.
The 2024 United States Senate elections were held on November 5, ... One-term Republican Kevin Cramer was elected in 2018 with 55.1% of the vote. Cramer ran for re ...
Pam Bondi delivers opening remarks during a Senate Judiciary committee hearing on her nomination to be Attorney General of the United States on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
In the subsequent confirmation vote on the 26th, the Senate voted 52–48 in favor of confirming Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate Justice to the Supreme Court. Senator Collins was the only Republican to vote against the nominee, with all Democrats and both Independents voting against confirming her. [124] [2]