President Joe Biden secured the confirmation of his 235th federal judicial nominee on Friday, surpassing President-elect Donald Trump’s first-term judicial confirmation record by one.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced the milestone after the Senate confirmed Serena Raquel Murillo to a lifetime position as a district judge for the Central District of California.
The Senate also voted to confirm the appointment of another Biden nominee, Benjamin Cheeks, to the federal district court in Southern California.
“This majority has now confirmed more judges under President Biden than any majority has confirmed in decades. This is historic,” Schumer said on the Senate floor on Friday….