Senate Panel OKs Judge Picks for First Time in Two Months (2)

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced to a floor vote six of President Donald Trump’s U.S. district court nominees on Thursday in its first meeting to consider any selections since mid-March when the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic.

The last time the committee met to advance nominees was March 12, the day after the World Health Organization so labeled the contagion. Over the past two months, the virus altered the schedule and priorities of the Senate, shifting attention to relief packages and driving lawmakers away from the Capitol.

The nominees’ advancement makes good on a pledge from Majority Leader Mitch ...