Senate Democrats Pull Vote on Trial Court Nominee Kasubhai (1)

Senate Democrats canceled a procedural floor vote to advance Biden nominee Mustafa Kasubhai to be a judge on Oregon’s federal district court.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters a planned vote to invoke cloture, or end debate, on the nomination was pulled Tuesday due to attendance issues and the vote will be rescheduled “soon.” Democrats hold a 51-49 majority in the chamber.

Kasubhai, a magistrate judge for the same court, has had a prolonged path to confirmation to the US District Court for the District of Oregon. He’d be one of only a handful of Muslim Americans ever to ...