Washington Despite President Joe Biden’s vow to veto it, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bipartisan bill supported by the federal judiciary that would add hundreds of new judgeships.
Prior to President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, the law was seen as uncontroversial and had already passed the Senate with bipartisan support.
With 29 Democrats voting in favor, the bill cleared the House on Thursday by a vote of 236–173. In August, it was unanimously approved by the Senate.
According to a statement from House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Democrats at the time backed the bill because they believed Kamala Harris would win the presidency. However, due to party politics, the Biden-Harris Administration has decided to threaten a veto, and Democrats have reacted negatively to this law, obstructing its advancement.
The law will relieve court system bottlenecks by creating 66 new district court judgeships, as requested by the federal judiciary itself.
The new judgeships would be staggered over time, so Trump would only have the chance to select 25 of them, despite Democrats’ complaints that the plan would give him more judgeships to fill.
The bill would be the first significant extension of judgeships since 1990 and was intended to be nonpartisan.
On Tuesday, however, Bident threatened to veto the bill, citing the White House’s argument that it was “unnecessary to the efficient and effective administration of justice.”
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