Democratic senators are fast-tracking Biden's judicial nominations before President-elect Trump takes office in January and after several of his nominees have come under fire.

The Republican president-elect’s victory and the GOP takeover of the Senate leaves just seven weeks of Democratic control of the chamber. Democrats have confirmed 213 of Biden’s judicial nominees during his presidency. Another few dozen are still pending.

Senate Democrats use dwindling floor time to confirm a new head for the government's ethics office, with whom Trump administration often butted heads in his first term.

One of the biggest priorities for President Joe Biden during his lame duck period is the confirmation of several dozen federal judges still awaiting a vote in the full Senate. Now, one senator Biden has been counting on says he's all-in on judicial confirmations.

The Senate Judiciary chairman wants to confirm President Biden’s pending judicial nominations before Republicans take control of Washington.