Senate Confirms Biden’s Third US Tax Court Nominee to Bench

Senate lawmakers voted Monday to confirm Rose Jenkins to a seat on the US Tax Court bench, further whittling away at the busy court’s vacancies.

Jenkins, confirmed 69-17, is the third of President Joe Biden’s six judicial nominees to be added to the 19-seat court, where vacancies had grown to six during his administration. The court, where judges serve 15-year terms, has relied on special trial and senior status judges to help the court operate in lean times.

Seven judges were confirmed during President Donald Trump’s administration.

Jenkins was nominated in February along with already-confirmed Adam Landy and Kashi ...