Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear that Republicans won't go along with a Democratic plan to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to the Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol Building, April 17, 2023, in Washington.Senate Republicans blocked a resolution on Tuesday to temporarily replace California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the politically important Judiciary Committee, putting stalled judicial nominations Democrats were hoping to push forward back in limbo.
"Let's be clear, Senate Republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporarily absent colleague on the committee just so Democrats can force through their very worst nominees," McConnell said in a floor speech. Feinstein announced on March 2 she was hospitalized and receiving treatment for shingles after not having cast a vote since Feb. 16. Last week, after at least two House Democrats called on her to resign, the California senator said she was extending her absence due to complications from shingles and asked Schumer to temporarily replace her on the Judiciary Committee.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, April 17, 2023.Some have also criticized why Democrats were looking to replace Feinstein on only one of the three committees on which she sits. She holds seats on both the Senate Intelligence Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee, but Democrats have not signaled they'd effort a replacement for her on those committees.
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