{"id":1927470,"date":"2023-05-09T18:11:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T22:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feinstein-gives-update-on-when-shell-return-to-senate\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T22:14:48","slug":"feinstein-gives-update-on-when-shell-return-to-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feinstein-gives-update-on-when-shell-return-to-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Feinstein updates on Senate return date."},"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\">12<\/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-gives-update-on-when-shell-return-to-senate%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=1927470&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 Returns to Capitol Hill After Months-Long Absence<\/h2>\n<p>Great news for Democrats! Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is finally returning to Capitol Hill after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feinstein-gives-update-on-when-shell-return-to-senate\/\" title=\"Feinstein updates on Senate return date.\">months-long absence due<\/a> to health reasons. Her office confirmed that she is on her way back to Washington and could return to the Senate as early as Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<h3>A Critical Moment in the Fight Over the Debt Ceiling<\/h3>\n<p>This news comes at a critical moment in the fight between Democrats and Republicans over the debt ceiling. Officials are warning of a possible default happening as early as next month without a deal. The White House has scheduled a meeting with congressional leaders for Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h3>Feinstein&#8217;s Absence Resulted in a 10-10 Split Along Party Lines<\/h3>\n<p>Feinstein announced in early March that she had been diagnosed with shingles and has been recovering ever since. Because Feinstein is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-missed-saying-goodbye-to-queen-elizabeth-in-quarrel-over-meghan-markle-report\/\" title=\"Prince Harry Missed Saying Goodbye To Queen Elizabeth In Quarrel Over Meghan Markle: Report\">absence resulted<\/a> in a 10-10 split along <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-debate-future-infrastructure-bills\/\" title=\"Lawmakers debate future infrastructure bills\">party lines<\/a> that rendered the panel unable to advance some of President Joe Biden\u2019s nominees to federal courts around the nation.<\/p>\n<h3>Democrats Call for Feinstein&#8217;s Resignation<\/h3>\n<p>While Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has stuck by Feinstein, a small but growing number of Democrats have been publicly calling for her to resign, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA). The New York Times editorial board recently piled on, saying Feinstein\u2019s absence was \u201ca failure that deprives American voters of full representation on legislation and appointments that will affect them for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Feinstein Expected to Advance Judicial Nominees Quickly Upon Her Return<\/h3>\n<p>Though Republicans kept the pressure going by blocking a bid to replace Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee, Feinstein released a statement last week that argued that there \u201chas been no slowdown\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-judiciary-chairman-says-gun-control-is-top-priority\/\" title=\"Senate Judiciary Chairman Says Gun Control Is \u2018Top Priority\u2019\">judicial nominees<\/a>. Still, Feinstein said she was \u201cdisappointed\u201d that Republicans on the committee have been blocking a few nominees from moving forward. Feinstein said she expected them to advance \u201cquickly\u201d upon her return.<\/p>\n<h3>Feinstein&#8217;s Age and Mental Fitness<\/h3>\n<p>At the age of 89, Feinstein is the Senate\u2019s oldest member, and in recent years, some colleagues had already begun to raise concerns about her mental fitness. Feinstein announced in February she would not seek re-election in 2024. Three prominent House Democrats \u2014 Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee \u2014 have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dianne-feinstein-suggests-she-did-not-know-her-staff-put-out-statement-saying-she-was-retiring\/\" title=\"Dianne Feinstein Suggests She Did Not Know Her Staff Put Out Statement Saying She Was Retiring\">announced campaigns<\/a> to replace Feinstein in the Senate.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is returning to Capitol Hill after a months-long absence due to health reasons.<\/li>\n<li>Her absence resulted in a 10-10 split along party lines that rendered the panel unable to advance some of President Joe Biden\u2019s nominees to federal courts around the nation.<\/li>\n<li>A small but growing number of Democrats have been publicly calling for her to resign.<\/li>\n<li>Feinstein said she expected Republicans to advance judicial nominees \u201cquickly\u201d upon her return.<\/li>\n<li>Feinstein is the Senate\u2019s oldest member, and in recent years, some colleagues had already begun to raise concerns about her mental fitness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope Sen. Feinstein&#8217;s return to Capitol Hill will help Democrats in their fight against Republicans over the debt ceiling and advance President Biden&#8217;s nominees to federal courts around the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is returning to Capitol Hill, according to her office, signaling an end to a months-long absence due to health reasons that spurred calls for the lawmaker to resign. A spokesperson\u00a0told the San Francisco Chronicle that Feinstein is on her way back to Washington and could return to the Senate as early<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1927471,"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":[10996,9094,5309,3740,6181],"class_list":["post-1927470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-date","tag-feinstein","tag-return","tag-senate","tag-updates"],"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\/1927470","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=1927470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}