{"id":1927477,"date":"2023-05-09T18:12:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T22:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dianne-feinstein-89-defies-dem-calls-for-her-resignation-returns-to-washington\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T18:12:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T22:12:41","slug":"dianne-feinstein-89-defies-dem-calls-for-her-resignation-returns-to-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dianne-feinstein-89-defies-dem-calls-for-her-resignation-returns-to-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Dianne Feinstein, 89, Defies Dem Calls for Her Resignation, Returns to Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fdianne-feinstein-89-defies-dem-calls-for-her-resignation-returns-to-washington%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=1927477&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> \t\t\tWASHINGTON (Reuters)\u2014U.S. Senator Dianne\u00a0Feinstein, 89, will return to Washington on Tuesday after a months-long absence due to illness,\u00a0Feinstein\u00a0spokesman Adam Russell said, restoring Democrats&#8217; 51-49 majority to full strength.\t<\/p>\n<p> \t The trailblazing lawmaker had been sidelined since February, as she recovered from a bout of shingles, which had led to calls from some fellow Democrats to step aside and allow someone else to take her place.<\/p>\n<p> Feinstein\u00a0was first elected in 1992, nicknamed the &#8220;year of the women&#8221; which saw the number of women U.S. senators double and California become the first state represented by two women:\u00a0Feinstein\u00a0and fellow Democrat Barbara Boxer.<\/p>\n<p> Feinstein&#8217;s absence had deadlocked the Senate Judiciary Committee she sits on, slowing Democrats&#8217; drive to approve some of President Joe Biden&#8217;s most controversial nominees to vacant federal court positions, leading to a partial Republican blockade.<\/p>\n<p> Her extended leave had prompted some Democrats, notably Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to call for her resignation.\t<\/p>\n<p> \t Democrats&#8217; worries were further heightened as lawmakers have been spending 2023 arguing over raising the nation&#8217;s borrowing authority.\u00a0Feinstein\u00a0could provide crucial support for whatever debt limit bill comes before the Senate that would avert a first-ever default on U.S. debt.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Richard Cowan; Additional reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Scott Malone, Alistair Bell and Tim Ahmann)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters)\u2014U.S. Senator Dianne\u00a0Feinstein, 89, will return to Washington on Tuesday after a months-long absence due to illness,\u00a0Feinstein\u00a0spokesman Adam Russell said, restoring Democrats&#8217; 51-49 majority to full strength. 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