Feinstein's prolonged absence has sparked calls from some Democrats for her to resign.
from lawmakers in her own party to resign as her illness has kept her out of the Senate for weeks, hampering the panel's ability to advance judicial nominations.When the Senate returns from recess next week, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will "ask the Senate ... to allow another Democratic Senator to temporarily serve" on the panel, his spokesperson said in a statement Wednesday night.
Instead, she said, "my return to Washington has been delayed due to continued complications related to my diagnosis." Schumer will need to propose amending the Senate's organizing resolution, which will require either consent from all 100 senators. That could be a heavy lift for Republican senators, a senior GOP aide told Axios, who said it amounted to bailing Democrats out on controversial nominations.Even if Republicans don't acquiesce to replacing Feinstein, that doesn't stop Democrats from confirming nearly 20 judicial nominees already advanced out of Judiciary, noted Josh Chafetz, a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center.
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