Senate Democrats will look to press forward with confirming more of President Joe Biden’s judicial picks during the lame-duck session, their last opportunity before Republicans regain the majority and President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.

The first vote the lame-duck Senate will take as it returns Tuesday will be on a nominee for a Chicago federal court, kicking off Democrats’ uphill campaign to confirm as many of President Joe Biden’s picks for the judiciary as possible before losing power at the end of next month.

The U.S. Senate's Democratic majority began a crusade on Tuesday to confirm as many new federal judges nominated by President Joe Biden as possible to avoid leaving vacancies that Republican Donald Trump could fill after taking office on Jan.