Durbin had been polite, but he did not deny that her health-related absence was getting in the way of committee decisions.
“I want to treat Dianne Feinstein fairly. I want to be sensitive to her family situation and her personal situation,” Durbin said on CNN over the weekend. “But the bottom line is, the business of the committee and of the Senate is affected by her absence.” On Tuesday, Feinstein’s office announced her return.
Durbin, of course, also has the power to resist that pressure and not lift a finger.Difficult decisions are going to come to a head for Durbin soon. Senate Republicans, with more district court vacancies coming up in their states, could ramp up their use of a blue-slip blockade. And with Feinstein returning to D.C., Durbin will have to decide how aggressive he chooses to be with subpoenas, and whether to try them on Supreme Court justices.
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