The Senate voted 54-42 to confirm Joseph Bianco to the U
While most of Washington was focused on a House hearing to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, Senate Republicans on Wednesday confirmed another one of President Donald Trump’s picks for a lifetime court seat ― and once again broke from precedent to get it done.
Bianco’s confirmation marks the third time in history that the Senate has confirmed a judicial nominee over the objections of both of a nominee’s home-state senators. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, both New York Democrats, didn’t turn in their so-called “blue slips” for Bianco, which are literally blue pieces of paper that signal a senator is ready to move forward with a nominee from his or her home state.
“Another day, another partisan push by Senate Republicans for hard-right nominees to get lifetime appointments on the federal bench,” Schumer said in March, after the Judiciary Committee voted to advance Bianco over his objection. “I will be strongly opposing these nominations when they come to the Senate floor.”
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