A top ally of President Biden is “disappointed” after vetoing a bill that would have increased the number of federal judges currently serving.

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., who served as co-chair of Biden’s recent presidential campaigns, stressed that he and his Republican colleague Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., kept bipartisanship in mind when drafting the bill.

“I am disappointed in this outcome, both for my own state and for federal judges across the country who are struggling under the burden of ever-increasing caseloads. I have worked on this bill for years, and thanks to tireless bipartisan efforts with Senator Young, “It is extremely unfortunate that it will not become law,” Coons said in a statement Tuesday.

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Sen. Chris Coons said he was disappointed after President Biden followed through on his veto threat. (Fox News Digital)

He then blamed House Republicans for the bill’s ultimate failure, but they voted on it after the 2024 election.

“Senator Young and I worked hard to make this a nonpartisan process by structuring the JUDGES Act so that Congress could pass the bill before any of us – Republican or Democrat – knew who in 2025 would occupy the White House and thus nominate the new federal judges,” said Coons.

“The Senate did its part by unanimously passing the bill in August; however, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives waited for election results before advancing the bill. Therefore, the White House is now vetoing this bill.”

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House Speaker Mike Johnson accused Biden of politicizing the process. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Republicans, in turn, have accused Biden of threatening to veto the bill he issued two days before the House vote to prevent President-elect Trump from being given new roles.

“This important legislation received broad, bipartisan support when it unanimously passed the Senate in August because it directly addresses the urgent need to reduce backlogs in our federal courts and strengthen the efficiency of our justice system,” said Speaker Mike Johnson, R -La. , pointed out in a statement after the bill’s passage earlier this month.

“At the time, Democrats supported the bill – they thought Kamala Harris would win the presidency. However, now the Biden-Harris administration has decided to veto it and Democrats have railed against this bill, standing in the way of progress simply because of partisan politics.”

The Senate passed the bill weeks after Vice President Kamala Harris took over from Biden as the Democratic Party nominee. (Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The bill would have added 66 federal district judgeships and spread their creation out over more than 10 years to prevent new appointments from being a boon to a single administration.

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At the time of passage in the Senate, Democratic morale was high after Biden dropped out of the 2024 race and was replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris.

However, the Senate passed the bill unanimously, meaning no Republicans objected to the bill moving forward.