Kamala Harris Breaks Senate Deadlock on Biden Judicial Pick (2)

Vice President Kamala Harris cast a tie-breaking vote to advance the nomination of Jennifer Sung to the largest federal appeals court, avoiding a setback for Democrats in their accelerated effort to confirm judicial picks.

Harris was called to the Senate floor Wednesday night to break a 49-49 tie and gavel the vote to allow debate on Sung’s selection to a close. Sung is President Joe Biden’s first and only judicial nominee to receive a tie vote in the evenly-divided Judiciary Committee and the first to need an assist from Harris.

Sung’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...