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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Tue Jun 8, 2021, 01:03 PM Jun 2021

It's official: The Senate just voted 66-33 to confirm Julien Xavier Neals to be U.S. District Judge

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Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
It's official: The Senate just voted 66-33 to confirm Julien Xavier Neals to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey.

This is President Biden's first judicial nominee to be confirmed.

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It's official: The Senate just voted 66-33 to confirm Julien Xavier Neals to be U.S. District Judge (Original Post) soothsayer Jun 2021 OP

Unless there was something controversial, this is less than great news DFW Jun 2021 #1

Better news than what we had just 5 short months ago, however. Budi Jun 2021 #3

Good news Peppertoo Jun 2021 #2

First of many, I hope! Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #4

DFW

(54,485 posts)

1. Unless there was something controversial, this is less than great news

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Tue Jun 8, 2021, 01:28 PM

Jun 2021

It means that there are still at least 33 Republican senators who will vote no on anything or anyone as long as they have been proposed by a Democrat.