The Senate Judiciary Committee approved President Joe Biden’s selection for a North Carolina seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit as the state’s Republican senators threaten to sink the nomination.
Ryan Park’s nomination advanced, 11-10, without GOP support on Thursday after committee member Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) lashed out again over White House vetting for the Raleigh seat.
Tillis said that he and fellow Republican North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd put forth four potential contenders, including a magistrate judge with a Democratic background, but that the White House rejected all the picks.
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates ...
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