GOP Absences Rile Colleagues as Senate Confirms Biden Judges

Senate Republicans are lashing out at their colleagues whose absences are allowing President Joe Biden to get lifetime federal judges confirmed, even as some Democrats have opposed the appointments.

Republican attendance issues have eased some judicial confirmations on the Senate floor, despite GOP-led efforts to block Joe Biden’s remaining nominees while Democrats still control the chamber. President-elect Donald Trump wants no more federal judges confirmed until he is inaugurated, although a desire by some senators to be with Trump has kept them away from the Senate.

Rebecca Pennell was confirmed Wednesday to the US District Court for the Eastern District ...