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Khanna: Feinstein offer to be temporarily replaced on key panel not enough

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) was the first House Democrat to publicly call for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's resignation on Wednesday. The six-term senator has been dealing with ongoing health complications and has been in California, meaning the Judiciary Committee has been unable to pass through judicial nominees for floor votes. Khanna said the barrier of Republican support made him think that Feinstein should still ultimately resign from the Senate instead of seeking a temporary replacement.

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The Epoch Times

Feinstein Asks to Be Temporarily Replaced on Senate Judiciary Committee Amid Calls for Resignation

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has asked to be temporarily replaced on the Judiciary Committee as she continues her ...

2 years ago·New York, United States

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SFist

Dianne Feinstein Asks to Be Temporarily Replaced on Judiciary Committee

After attention fell this week on the impacts of her extended absence on votes on judicial nominees before the Senate, Senator Dianne Feinstein said she had asked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to temporarily fill her seat on the Judiciary Committee with another Democrat.Feinstein, who will turn 90 in June, has been absent from the Senate since early March recovering from a case of shingles. She has been at her home in San Francisco for mo…

2 years ago

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The Independent

Dianne Feinstein asksto be ‘temporarily’ replaced on judiciary panel

The California Democrat’s continued absence has led to others to call on her to resign

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hill

Khanna: Feinstein offer to be temporarily replaced on key panel not enough

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Thursday said the suggestion from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that she be temporarily replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee was “a step,” but said the process to have her replaced was “not that simple” after he called for the 89-year-old senator to resign on Wednesday. “It’s a step, but as…

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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