WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators in both parties have reached a bipartisan deal on the path forward on judicial confirmations during the rest of the Senate’s lame-duck period. Senator Tillis has made it clear to the Biden Administration and Senate Democratic leadership that he had ample votes from both parties to stop the confirmation of President Biden’s nominee for the Fourth Circuit.

In response to the deal, Senator Tillis issued the following statement:

“The Senate yesterday reached a deal to not bring President Biden’s four pending circuit nominees for a vote, which will allow President Trump to replace them. This includes the Fourth Circuit vacancy. I expect that the judges who submitted their retirements will not play partisan politics with a presidential transition and a bipartisan Senate deal by going back on their word to retire. No judges did this during the previous lame duck because the judiciary needs to be above partisan politics.” 

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