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- Senate Democrats want to ramp up the pace of federal judge confirmations this Congress.
- But their task could grow challenging when it comes to filling vacancies in states with GOP senators.
- By tradition, senators have essentially a veto power over district court nominees in their home states.
Senate Democrats are vying to confirm more of President Joe Biden's nominees to the federal bench after he broke his recent predecessors' records for judges appointed in their first two years in office.
"This Congress, with an even larger majority, Senate Democrats will ramp up to a record pace and continue to make our courts more reflective of our country," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement to Insider.