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'She hasn't been showing up': Rep. Ro Khanna doubles down on call for Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign
She really does need to resign from the senate, she is holding up the conformation's of Biden's judges too!! I would also question her mental faculties too?!!
As Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., remains absent from the Senate due to complications from a shingles diagnosis, her Democratic colleague, Rep. Ro Khanna reiterated his calls on her to resign.
“She hasn’t been showing up, and she has no intention. We don’t know if she is even gonna show up. She has no return date,” Khanna said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Khanna compared Feinstein’s absence and Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s absence from the Senate. Fetterman voluntarily checked himself into a hospital to receive treatment for clinical depression in February but is now slated to return to the Senate Monday when it returns from a two-week recess.
“It’s one thing to take medical leave and come back. It’s another thing when you’re just not doing the job,” Khanna said. “The reality here is there's this sense, ‘Well you need to have a deference to these senators who have served so long.’ How about a deference to the American people?”
Why is Feinstein's absence important for Senate Democrats?
Feinstein’s absence has become a roadblock for President Joe Biden’s agenda due to her seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Without Feinstein, several of Biden’s judicial nominations cannot advance to the Senate floor to be confirmed without Republican support in the committee.
After calls from some House Democrats, Feinstein said she asked Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to appoint a temporary replacement for her on the Judiciary Committee.
But for Schumer to do that, it would require unanimous support from the Senate – just one Republican senator could block the move. If that happens, 60 votes will be needed to appoint a replacement, meaning 10 GOP senators will have to join Senate Democrats in approving a nominee.
It remains unclear if that will be possible.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/she-hasnt-showing-rep-ro-180808729.html
Feinstein’s condition sparks concern she won’t return to the Senate, People in touch with the veteran Democratic senator say her shingles diagnosis has taken a heavy toll.
She really does need to resign from the senate, she is holding up the conformation's of Biden's judges too!! I would also question her mental faculties too?!!
As Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., remains absent from the Senate due to complications from a shingles diagnosis, her Democratic colleague, Rep. Ro Khanna reiterated his calls on her to resign.
“She hasn’t been showing up, and she has no intention. We don’t know if she is even gonna show up. She has no return date,” Khanna said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Khanna compared Feinstein’s absence and Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s absence from the Senate. Fetterman voluntarily checked himself into a hospital to receive treatment for clinical depression in February but is now slated to return to the Senate Monday when it returns from a two-week recess.
“It’s one thing to take medical leave and come back. It’s another thing when you’re just not doing the job,” Khanna said. “The reality here is there's this sense, ‘Well you need to have a deference to these senators who have served so long.’ How about a deference to the American people?”
Why is Feinstein's absence important for Senate Democrats?
Feinstein’s absence has become a roadblock for President Joe Biden’s agenda due to her seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Without Feinstein, several of Biden’s judicial nominations cannot advance to the Senate floor to be confirmed without Republican support in the committee.
After calls from some House Democrats, Feinstein said she asked Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to appoint a temporary replacement for her on the Judiciary Committee.
But for Schumer to do that, it would require unanimous support from the Senate – just one Republican senator could block the move. If that happens, 60 votes will be needed to appoint a replacement, meaning 10 GOP senators will have to join Senate Democrats in approving a nominee.
It remains unclear if that will be possible.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/she-hasnt-showing-rep-ro-180808729.html
Feinstein’s condition sparks concern she won’t return to the Senate, People in touch with the veteran Democratic senator say her shingles diagnosis has taken a heavy toll.