First Biden Pick to US Tax Court Bench Confirmed by Senate (1)

Kashi Way became the first US Tax Court judge nominated by President Joe Biden to be confirmed to its 19-seat bench, as the Senate Finance Committee primed the judge confirmation pump with three more nominees.

Way, a long-time Joint Committee on Taxation staffer, cleared the Senate 79-16 on Thursday. Fellow nominee Adam Landy’s confirmation vote is set for Monday evening when senators return to Washington.

The Finance Committee also voted to advance a second group of three nominees—Cathy Fung, Benjamin A. Guider III, and Jeffrey S. Arbeit—ahead to a Senate floor vote.

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