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Following his election victory in 2020, U.S. president Joe Biden had 4,000 political appointments to make to the federal government. Of those 4,000 political appointments, more than 1250 require Senate confirmation. Upon taking office, Biden quickly placed more than 1,000 high-level officials into roles that did not require confirmation. [1]
Biden did not make any recess appointments to the federal courts. Biden had the most Article III judicial nominees confirmed during a president's first year in office since Ronald Reagan in 1981. [2] Biden appointed the most federal judges during the first two years of any presidency since John F. Kennedy. [3] Biden reached the milestone of 200 ...
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of State by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. As of August 2, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 41 nominees have been confirmed, 15 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 5 positions do not have nominees, and 20 appointments have been made to positions ...
(Reuters) -The U.S. Senate's Democratic majority began a crusade on Tuesday to confirm as many new federal judges nominated by President Joe Biden as possible to avoid leaving vacancies that ...
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden surpassed a milestone 200th appointment to the federal judiciary on Wednesday as the U.S. Senate confirmed two more of his nominees, exceeding his Republican ...
President Joe Biden at a campaign stop in Madison in July. Biden has announced 259 nominees for federal judicial roles since he assumed the Oval Office. (Max Correa/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Assumed office Left office Alaska U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska: S. Lane Tucker: May 31, 2022 (Confirmed May 17, 2022 by voice vote) [V 1] — Arizona U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona: Gary M. Restaino: November 23, 2021 (Confirmed November 19, 2021, by voice vote) [V 2] — California U.S. Attorney for the C.D. of ...
Office Nominee Assumed office Left office — Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Counsel) Christopher Fonzone [8] January 5, 2024 (Confirmed December 19, 2023, 50–17) [RC 10] — Christopher H. Schroeder: October 29, 2021 (Confirmed October 28, 2021, 56–41) [RC 11] July 9, 2023 [9] — Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal ...