Schumer closes in on breaking major McConnell record — and intends to this week: report
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is closing in on a record held by his Republican counterpart, according to a report. Schumer, who will lose his status as his chamber's majority leader next year, needs to confirm just two more judges to lifetime terms this week to surpass Sen. Mitch McConnell's record of 234, set during Trump's first term, Axios reported Tuesday night. The news comes as Senate Republicans express anger that some Democratic-appointed judges canceled plans to retire in response to the GOP blockading President Joe Biden's final judicial nominees. He had planned to take senior status — a form of semi-retirement that lets a new judge be appointed — but after Senate Republicans rallied to block Biden's nomination to replace him, he rescinded his decision, writing to the president in a letter, "after careful consideration, I have decided to continue in regular active service."
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