Sen. Dianne Feinstein is expected to return to the Senate on Wednesday following a nearly three-month absence due to health issues, but she missed the first two votes of the day.
to the Senate on Wednesday following a nearly three-month absence due to health issues, but she missed the first two votes of the day.
In remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday morning, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., welcomed Feinstein’s return. He said he had been in touch with Feinstein over the past few weeks, and that he can “report she’s exactly where she wants to be.”Feinstein’s absence has complicated Democratic efforts to confirm some of Biden’s nominees, with the Judiciary Committee going from an 11-10 majority to a 10-10 stalemate during her absence.
Democrats had attempted to temporarily replace Feinstein on the committee with Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., but that effort waslast month, with many saying they could not vote to make it easier for Biden to seat judicial nominees whom they found to be radical or otherwise unacceptable.
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