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Democrats face a tough choice to confirm red state judges: Go through GOP senators or right over their heads
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
Senate Democrats want to ramp up the pace of federal judge confirmations this Congress.
But their task could grow challenging when it comes to filling vacancies in states with GOP senators.
By tradition, senators have essentially a veto power over district court nominees in their home states.
Senate Democrats are vying to confirm more of President Joe Biden's nominees to the federal bench after he broke his recent predecessors' records for judges appointed in their first two years...
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