Scalise's End-of-Congress Recap: House Republicans Delivered Wins Despite Slim Majority

Washington, December 22, 2024

As we approach the end of the 118th Congress, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement highlighting the wins the Republican majority achieved throughout the last two years:

"Over the past two years, the Republican majority in the House has worked tirelessly to counter the Biden-Harris Administration’s disastrous, crisis-causing policies, fighting for hardworking families who are struggling under the weight of these failures. With every bill we passed, House Republicans sought to preserve freedom, strengthen our economy, keep communities safe, and hold the government accountable – demonstrating from the beginning what a unified Republican government could accomplish.

https://www.majorityleader.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4351

I am returning herewith without my approval S. 4199, the “Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2024” or the “JUDGES Act of 2024.”

S. 4199 seeks to hastily add judgeships with just a few weeks left in the 118th Congress. The House of Representative’s hurried action fails to resolve key questions in the legislation, especially regarding how the new judgeships are allocated, and neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate explored fully how the work of senior status judges and magistrate judges affects the need for new judgeships. The efficient and effective administration of justice requires that these questions about need and allocation be further studied and answered before we create permanent judgeships for life-tenured judges.

S. 4199 would create new judgeships in States where Senators have sought to hold open existing judicial vacancies. Those efforts to hold open vacancies suggest that concerns about judicial economy and caseload are not the true motivating force behind passage of this bill now.

Therefore, I am vetoing this bill.

JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/23/message-to-the-senate-on-the-presidents-veto-of-s-4199/

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