The Senate is set for a late night on Wednesday, as Democrats attempt to shepherd through a number of judicial nominees to fill vacancies weeks before they hand over control of the upper chamber to Republicans in January.
The chamber is set to hold votes that could last into Thursday as part of the push, marking the second night where members will be burning the midnight oil. That judicial offensive kicked off on Monday, when Democrats unexpectedly sought to advance more than a dozen judges, including a highly contentious circuit court nominee.
That prompted Republicans to pump the brakes and make life arduous for their colleagues by holding procedural votes to switch the chamber from executive to legislative session and back again, dragging out the votes in the process.
The process will happen once again Wednesday night.
“We’ll continue working on judges throughout the day and into this evening,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) during his floor remarks. “We have a lot of excellent nominees to work through, so I ask my colleagues to be flexible, to be ready to stay late and to keep the votes moving quickly.”
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