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One of President Biden’s top allies is “disappointed” afterward vetoed a bill this would have increased the number of federal judges currently serving.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., who served as campaign co-chairman for both of Biden’s recent presidential campaigns, stressed that he and fellow Republican Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., they took bipartisanship into account when drafting. the bill
“I am disappointed in this outcome, for my own state and for federal judges across the country who are struggling under the burden of ever-increasing caseloads. I have worked on this bill for years and thanks to tireless bipartisan effort with Senator Young, made it to the President’s desk. It is very unfortunate that it will not become law,” Coons said in a statement.
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Sen. Chris Coons said he was disappointed after President Biden followed through on his veto threat. (Fox News Digital)
Then he laid the blame House Republicans for the ultimate failure of the bill, however, to vote on it after the 2024 election.
“Senator Young and I have worked hard to make this a nonpartisan process, structuring the JUDGES Act so that Congress could pass the bill before any of us, Republican or Democrat, knew who would occupy the White House in 2025 and thus appoint the new federal judges,” Coons said.
“The Senate did its part by unanimously passing the bill in August; the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, however, waited for election results before moving forward with the bill. As a result, The White House is now vetoing this bill.”
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House Speaker Mike Johnson accused Biden of politicizing the process. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The Republicans in turn have done it Biden charged of making threats to veto the bill – which he issued two days before the House voted on it – to prevent President-elect Trump from taking on new duties.
“This important legislation won broad bipartisan support when it passed unanimously in the Senate in August because it directly addresses the pressing need to reduce the backlog of cases in our federal courts and strengthen the efficiency of our court system.” said Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. , he noted in a statement following the passage of the bill earlier this month.
“At the time, the Democrats supported the bill, they thought Kamala Harris would win the presidency. But now the Biden-Harris administration has chosen to issue a veto threat and the Democrats have rejected this bill , preventing progress simply because of partisan politics.”
The Senate passed the bill weeks after Vice President Kamala Harris took over from Biden as the Democratic nominee. (Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The bill would have added 66 federal district court positions, extending their creation for more than 10 years to prevent new appointments for any administration.
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At the time of the Senate’s approval, Democratic morale was high after Biden withdrew from the 2024 race and was replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris.
However, it passed the Senate by unanimous consent, meaning no Republicans opposed the legislation’s advancement.
