As nominations counsel for Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, it falls to Ted Lehman to ensure the panel’s chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, made good on his vow — at the start of the 114th Congress in January — to thoroughly vet and move through the committee all consensus nominees that would come his way.
Despite Democrats’ charges that Republicans have been lackadaisical in filling executive and judicial vacancies, Lehman said the panel has been diligent. “My role … is to work with the White House, the ranking [committee] member’s staff — as well as other Senate staff — on the chairman’s behalf as the committee does its due diligence,” said Lehman, who’s served on Grassley’s staff since 2011. He cited prepping for Loretta Lynch’s nomination hearings for U.S. attorney general “right out of the gate” as his biggest challenge this year.
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