Dianne Feinstein Is MIA, and Her Absence Is Holding Up Judicial Confirmations

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Dianne Feinstein Is MIA, and Her Absence Is Holding Up Judicial Confirmations
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The 89-year-old senator has missed 60 votes of the 82 taken in 2023, at a critical time for Biden to be getting judges confirmed. She needs to resign right now.

. And as the Senate, which has been on recess since March 31, prepares to return on April 17,on Monday that Feinstein’s absence from the Senate—and the Judiciary Committee specifically—will impede Democrats’ ability to confirm judicial nominees.“I can’t consider nominees in these circumstances, because a tie vote is a losing vote in committee,” DurbinCNN. He continued, “We still have some nominees left on the calendar that we can work on.

Feinstein’s team has been tight-lipped about when, if at all, she’ll return to D.C. Her spokesperson told thethis week that the 89-year-old “continues to work from home in San Francisco as she recuperates.” Earlier this year, Feinstein announced sheas a handful of Democratic House members vie for her seat. But she intends to serve out the rest of her term, which is set to end in January 2025.

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