{"id":14790,"date":"2023-04-18T15:28:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/republicans-to-block-feinstein\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T15:31:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T15:31:59","slug":"republicans-to-block-feinstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/republicans-to-block-feinstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans to block Feinstein substitute on Senate Judiciary &#8211; McConnell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211;     U.S. Senate Republicans will block Democrats&#8217; plans to temporarily replace Senator Dianne Feinstein on the committee that approves federal judges, the chamber&#8217;s top Republican, Mitch McConnell, said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>That would make it harder for Democrats to confirm President Joe Biden&#8217;s appointments to the federal judiciary until Feinstein, 89, returns to the Capitol after having been sidelined by a bout of shingles since early March.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Senate Republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporarily absent colleague off a committee just so Democrats can force through their very worst nominees,&#8221; McConnell, himself just returned from a five-week-long medical absence, said in a speech on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein on Wednesday said she would temporarily step down from her spot on the Senate Judiciary Committee while she recovers at her home in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said he would ask the chamber this week to allow another Democratic senator to temporarily serve on the Judiciary Committee while she recuperates.<\/p>\n<p>Any replacement would need Republican support for approval, something McConnell said would not materialize. <\/p>\n<p>Feinstein&#8217;s absence reduces Democrats&#8217; narrow majority in the chamber by one to 50-49. Fellow Senate Democrat Amy Klobuchar on Sunday warned that Democrats could need that vote on critical issues like the debt ceiling. <\/p>\n<p>Feinstein&#8217;s absence prevents her from voting in the Senate, where she has not cast a vote since mid-February.<\/p>\n<p>The trail-blazing California lawmaker faces continued calls from some fellow Democrats to resign her seat due to health problems.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Katharine Jackson and Moira Warburton; Editing by Scott Malone and David Gregorio)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/republicans-to-block-feinstein\/file-photo-u-s-senator-dianne-feinstein-d-ca-at-the-u-s-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportDomesticNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3H0N9-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3H0N9-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. Senate Republicans will block Democrats&#8217; plans to temporarily replace Senator Dianne Feinstein on the committee that approves federal judges, the chamber&#8217;s top Republican, Mitch McConnell, said on Tuesday. 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