{"id":1924441,"date":"2023-05-04T18:42:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feinstein-hits-back-at-criticism-over-senate-absence-provides-no-timetable-for-return\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T18:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:47:40","slug":"feinstein-hits-back-at-criticism-over-senate-absence-provides-no-timetable-for-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feinstein-hits-back-at-criticism-over-senate-absence-provides-no-timetable-for-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Feinstein responds to Senate absence criticism, no return date given."},"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\">20<\/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%2Ffeinstein-hits-back-at-criticism-over-senate-absence-provides-no-timetable-for-return%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=1924441&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--><h2>Sen. Dianne Feinstein Pushes Back on Absence Criticism<\/h2>\n<h3>Democrats Call for Resignation<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has been absent from the Senate since March due to hospitalization with shingles. Despite mounting pressure from within her own party to resign, the 89-year-old senator released a statement on Thursday pushing back on suggestions that her absence has stalled President Joe Biden\u2019s judicial nominations. <\/p>\n<p>Feinstein, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, pointed out that the committee has advanced eight district and circuit court nominees in her absence. However, without her present, the committee is evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, and nominees need a majority to make it out of the committee and onto the Senate floor for full confirmation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced eight strong nominees during my absence, I\u2019m disappointed that Republicans on the committee are blocking a few from moving forward,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the criticism, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has come to Feinstein\u2019s defense, telling CNN that it\u2019s \u201ca shame\u201d people have been calling on her to resign. <\/p>\n<h3>Feinstein Rejects Calls for Resignation<\/h3>\n<p>Feinstein has rejected the calls for her resignation, saying in April she would instead step down from the Judiciary Committee and have Schumer name a replacement. But Senate Republicans blocked the Democrat\u2019s attempt to replace her on the committee. <\/p>\n<p>The campaign to replace Feinstein as the next senator from California is in full force, with three sitting House members already in the race. <\/p>\n<h3>Remaining Judicial Nominees<\/h3>\n<p>Feinstein did say she is \u201cconfident\u201d that when she returns to the Senate, they will be able to advance the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feinstein-hits-back-at-criticism-over-senate-absence-provides-no-timetable-for-return\/\" title=\"Feinstein responds to Senate absence criticism, no return date given.\">remaining judicial nominees<\/a>. Still, she provided no timetable for her return. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a Politico photographer snapped a picture of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s (D-NY) notes at a press conference that said he had spoken with Feinstein on Monday, and they are both \u201chopeful she can return next week.\u201d <\/p>\n<h3>Democrats Call for Resignation<\/h3>\n<p>Feinstein is set to retire at the end of this Congress but has faced mounting pressure from within her own party to resign before then. On Tuesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said on social media she believes Feinstein \u201cshould retire\u201d and her refusal to do so \u201cis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-threatens-to-impose-more-sanctions-on-ethiopian-leaders-over-conflict-in-tigray-region\/\" title=\"U.S. threatens to impose more sanctions on Ethiopian leaders over conflict in Tigray region\">causing great harm<\/a> to the judiciary.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Fellow &#8220;squad&#8221; member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) also called for her resignation, saying in a tweet last week, &#8220;Sen. Feinstein must step down.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Sen. Feinstein was absent, Republicans are passing legislation through the Senate, undermining the right of our residents to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-top-ten-percenter-rashida-tlaib-demands-taxpayers-pay-her-student-loans\/\" title=\"Nolte: Top Ten-Percenter Rashida Tlaib Demands Taxpayers Pay Her Student Loans\">breathe clean air<\/a>,\u201d the tweet read. \u201cAnd with a far-right judiciary targeting our human rights, we are unable to confirm judges.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Despite the criticism, Feinstein has rejected the calls for her resignation, saying in April she would instead step down from the Judiciary Committee and have Schumer name a replacement. But Senate Republicans blocked the Democrat\u2019s attempt to replace her on the committee. <\/p>\n<p><b>Key Takeaways:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has been absent from the Senate since March due to hospitalization with shingles.<\/li>\n<li>Feinstein released a statement on Thursday pushing back on suggestions that her absence has stalled President Joe Biden\u2019s judicial nominations.<\/li>\n<li>Despite mounting pressure from within her own party to resign, Feinstein has rejected the calls for her resignation.<\/li>\n<li>The campaign to replace Feinstein as the next senator from California is in full force, with three sitting House members already in the race.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) released a statement Thursday pushing back on suggestions that her absence has stalled President Joe Biden\u2019s judicial nominations and made no mention of when she might return to the Senate. The 89-year-old senator, who has been absent from the Senate since March when she was hospitalized with shingles, said in a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1924442,"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":[538],"tags":[16587,7375,9094,6691,4499,5309,3740],"class_list":["post-1924441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-absence","tag-criticism","tag-feinstein","tag-given","tag-responds","tag-return","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\/1924441","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}