Sen. Dianne Feinstein is facing pressure from within her own party to resign amid a lengthy absence due to her health.
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."But I believe it's now a dereliction of duty to remain in the Senate and a dereliction of duty for those who agree to remain quiet." on March 7 that she was out of the hospital and receiving treatment at home as she recovered from the infection. She said she looked"forward to returning to the Senate as soon as possible." A week prior to that, she said she hoped to be back in Washington later in March.
"I can't consider nominees in these circumstances because a tie vote is a losing vote in committee," Durbin said of the 10-10 partisan breakdown.
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