Nonilex<p>…A longtime force on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Cmte, Mr. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Durbin</span></a> became its chair in 2021, resisting calls from progressives that he make room for a younger member given his leadership role & other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislative</span></a> responsibilities.</p><p>He subsequently oversaw the confirmation of 235 federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> during the Biden admin—including one <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> justice—surpassing by one the number of judges confirmed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> during an aggressive push in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s first term.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegislativeBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>