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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. President Biden vetoed a bill this week

that would have created dozens of new federal judge positions.

NPR's Osmahalid reports on why he rejected this

offer, effort rather, that some lawmakers felt could help with a judicial backlog. The bill calls for

66 new federal judgeships over the next three presidential terms. The Senate passed this legislation

in the summer with strong bipartisan support. But House Republicans

failed to take up the bill until Donald Trump's victory in November. In a letter to Congress

explaining his veto, Biden described the House's actions as hurried and said the bill

failed to resolve questions about how the new judgeships are allocated. Senator Todd Young, a Republican from Indiana, was the lead author of the bill, and he's

criticizing Biden's decision.

In a statement, he wrote, quote, issuing this veto is partisan politics at its worst.

Asma Khalid, NPR News.

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