The Senate confirmed Andre Mathis to a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, marking the longest period between nomination and confirmation for any Biden circuit nominee.
The chamber voted 48-47 on Thursday to confirm the Butler Snow LLP partner to a Tennessee seat, nearly 10 months after he was nominated.
Mathis was President Joe Biden’s first circuit nominee to a seat in a state with two Republican senators. Tennessee Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty said they weren’t adequately consulted and both voted against confirming him. Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, a member of the ...
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