A deal reached earlier this week between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate will allow President Joe Biden to possibly surpass President-elect Donald Trump in terms of the number of federal judges appointed during each of their terms.

The compromise is that Senate Republicans will allow Democrats to confirm 12 to 14 lower-level district court nominees without procedural delays, and Senate Democrats will not attempt to confirm four higher-level appeals court judges, which will rather be reserved for Trump. to be filled once he is in office.

“It appears that the Biden administration is going to surpass the first Trump administration in terms of the number of judges serving on federal courts by the end of its term,” Devon Westhill, president and general counsel of the Center for Equal Opportunity. said, according to the Washington Examiner.

Senate Democrats confirmed 220 of Biden’s federal judicial nominees, while Trump had 234 during his first term, according to the outlet.

So far, Biden has confirmed 173 district court judges and 45 appeals court judges.

Meanwhile, Trump confirmed 174 district judges and 54 appellate judges during his first term.

Regarding the Supreme Court, Trump has nominated three justices and Biden has one.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, said Thursday he was not sure whether Biden’s nomination of more judges would exceed Trump’s number of nominations.