Resistance from Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, has scotched President Joe Biden's plan to appoint a conservative attorney to a federal judgeship.
Biden's plan to nominate Chad Meredith, an anti-abortion Republican, in a suspected deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell causedRep. John Yarmuth, a Louisville Democrat and the chairman of the House Budget Committee,
. Pending the November midterm elections and a possible Republican majority in the Senate, Biden would need McConnell's support to pass judicial nominations, Insider previously reported. McConnell denied the deal in his interview with The Times, calling it a"personal friendship gesture."
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