Senate confirms Biden's 235th judicial appointment

President Joe Biden has exceeded then-President Donald Trump‘s first-term judicial appointment tally as the Senate confirmed two final district judges on Friday to bring his total to 235.

The Senate approved the nomination of Benjamin Cheeks to serve as district judge for the Southern District of California and Serena Murillo to take the role of district judge for the Central District of California.

Both judges were approved 49-47 along party lines ahead of the GOP takeover in January after Republicans flipped the Senate in November's election.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) celebrated the accomplishment in a statement saying, "We have confirmed more judges than under the Trump administration, more judges than any administration in this century, more judges than any administration going back decades."

Schumer was able to accomplish this thanks to a deal he cut with Senate Republicans that would fast-track the approval of nine federal district court judges.

This deal was made in return for leaving four higher-level circuit court picks for Trump to fill when he begins his second term next month.