Senate Democrats Pull Vote on SDNY Judge Nominee Dale Ho (2)

Senate Democrats in a rare move canceled a procedural floor vote to advance Biden nominee Dale Ho to be a judge on the federal district court covering Manhattan.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters Wednesday’s vote to invoke cloture, or end debate, was pulled “because we didn’t have full attendance but we’re going to move to get him” confirmed. The vote has yet to be rescheduled.

Ho, a voting rights lawyer with the ACLU, has waited more than 20 months for confirmation to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York

President Joe Biden first ...