{"id":1916616,"date":"2023-04-19T08:41:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T12:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-reveal-proposed-judiciary-replacement-for-feinstein\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T08:42:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T12:42:07","slug":"senate-democrats-reveal-proposed-judiciary-replacement-for-feinstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-reveal-proposed-judiciary-replacement-for-feinstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats Reveal Proposed Judiciary Replacement For Feinstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-democrats-reveal-proposed-judiciary-replacement-for-feinstein%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1916616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Senate\u2019s top Democrat revealed his pick to temporarily replace Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dianne-feinstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dianne Feinstein<\/a> (D-CA) on the Senate Judiciary Committee as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gop-senators-revolt-against-democrats-bid-to-replace-feinstein-on-judiciary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans rally<\/a> against such a swap aimed at ending the freeze on President Joe Biden\u2019s judicial nominees.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) named Ben Cardin, a Democrat who is the senior senator from Maryland, as the proposed stand-in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chuck Schumer says he will try to temporarily replace Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee with Ben Cardin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iKtqmiDziv\">pic.twitter.com\/iKtqmiDziv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RiegerReport\/status\/1648401897613664256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Feinstein, the Senate\u2019s oldest member at the age of 89, announced in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dianne-feinstein-hospitalized-in-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">early March<\/a> that she had been hospitalized in San Francisco after being diagnosed with a case of shingles. Facing calls from some fellow Democrats to resign, Feinstein asked Schumer last week to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/feinstein-asks-schumer-to-let-another-democrat-take-committee-spot-2nd-democrat-calls-for-resignation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temporarily replace<\/a> her on the Judiciary Committee while she continues to recover.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed shuffle is being characterized as a short-term move. Schumer told reporters on Tuesday that he spoke to Feinstein a few days ago and both of them hope that she will return to the Senate \u201cvery soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of Republicans have voiced opposition to the swap, and hours after he proposed Cardin, Schumer\u2019s request for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/about\/glossary.htm#:~:text=unanimous%20consent%20%E2%80%93%20Agreement%20on%20any,objects%2C%20the%20request%20is%20rejected.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unanimous consent<\/a> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-block-schumers-request-replace-feinstein-judiciary-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">met with an objection<\/a> by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). If Democrats press the issue,\u00a0replacing Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee would require 60 votes in the narrowly-divided Senate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2023\/04\/17\/no-gop-favors-for-feinstein-00092278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">At least 10 Republicans<\/a> need to join with Democrats and independents, but they would do so at the risk of breaking with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b4BWofLK0-E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who just returned<\/a> to Capitol Hill himself after recovering from a fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenate Republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporary absent colleague off a committee just so Democrats can force through their very worst nominees,\u201d McConnell said on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/04\/18\/1170624504\/mcconnell-says-republicans-will-block-effort-to-replace-feinstein-on-judiciary-p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently conceded that Feinstein\u2019s absence is holding up the ability of the panel, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/about\/members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">split 10-10<\/a> along party lines without her, to advance Biden\u2019s nominees to federal courts around the nation. \u201cI can\u2019t consider nominees in these circumstances because a tie vote is a losing vote in committee,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/10\/politics\/biden-judges-senate-blue-slips-absences\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he told CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dianne-feinstein-not-running-for-re-election-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced in February<\/a> she would not seek re-election in 2024, and three prominent House Democrats \u2014 Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/barbara-lee-announces-bid-for-dianne-feinsteins-senate-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara Lee<\/a> \u2014 have announced campaigns to replace Feinstein in the Senate. Cardin is expected to announce whether he will seek another six-year term in 2024 in the near future, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ktullymcmanus\/status\/1648398744335818761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to POLITICO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another aspect of the current debate about Biden\u2019s nominees is whether to uphold the \u201cblue slip\u201d tradition in which home-state senators can effectively put a stop to a nominee if they do not support the individual. This issue is exemplified by\u00a0Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), who refuses to return her blue slip for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/04\/06\/white-house-pulls-punches-over-gop-judicial-nomination-blockade-00090824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">district court nominee Scott Colom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer said Durbin and the Judiciary Committee \u201care considering\u201d what to do about the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate\u2019s top Democrat revealed his pick to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on the Senate Judiciary Committee as Republicans rally against such a swap aimed at ending the freeze on President Joe Biden\u2019s judicial nominees. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) named Ben Cardin, a Democrat who is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1916617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[3685,9094,4151,4487,10793,5937,3740],"class_list":["post-1916616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-democrats","tag-feinstein","tag-judiciary","tag-proposed","tag-replacement","tag-reveal","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1916616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1916617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1916616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1916616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1916616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}