{"id":1962299,"date":"2023-07-01T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-likely-to-pass-on-one-fight-over-feinsteins-seat\/"},"modified":"2023-07-01T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:58:18","slug":"senate-republicans-likely-to-pass-on-one-fight-over-feinsteins-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-likely-to-pass-on-one-fight-over-feinsteins-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans are expected to avoid a battle over Feinstein&#8217;s seat."},"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\">22<\/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-republicans-likely-to-pass-on-one-fight-over-feinsteins-seat%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=1962299&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>Republicans in the Senate Reject Assumptions of Blocking Replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein<\/h2>\n<p>Several Republicans in the Senate have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cabinet-pick-defended-unconstitutional-religious-restrictions\/\" title=\"Biden Cabinet Pick Defended Unconstitutional Religious Restrictions\">firmly rejected<\/a> the assumptions that they would take an unprecedented step in blocking any replacement for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on the Senate Judiciary Committee, should she resign before the end of her term.<\/p>\n<p>Left-wing Democrats in Congress have urged Feinstein to step down after her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-likely-to-pass-on-one-fight-over-feinsteins-seat\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans are expected to avoid a battle over Feinstein's seat.\">prolonged absence due<\/a> to a shingles infection. However, prominent Democrats have encouraged Feinstein to retain her seat, expressing concerns that Republicans might exploit the opportunity to impede judicial nominees.<\/p>\n<h3>Republicans Vow Not to Block the Seat<\/h3>\n<p>Republicans on the committee have made it clear that they would not block the seat, despite previously blocking a resolution to temporarily assign it to Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) in April. At the time, Republicans argued that it would be disrespectful to Feinstein to give away her seat while she was still a member of the Senate.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t do that,&#8221; said Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-all-republican-senators-who-voted-to-convict-president-trump-now-face-censures\/\" title=\"Nearly all Republican senators who voted to convict President Trump now face censures\">committee leader<\/a>. &#8220;Once they&#8217;re seated, we would accept it, as long as it isn&#8217;t done for political purposes.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), another committee member, also dismissed the idea of blocking a permanent replacement, emphasizing that Democrats deserve the committee majority because they hold the Senate majority.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know why that would be a problem,&#8221; Hawley stated. &#8220;Because they have a majority, they&#8217;re entitled to a one-seat vote majority on that committee, so it&#8217;s unclear to me how we could prevent them from having that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Even Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who opposed Cardin&#8217;s temporary replacement, expressed his support for replacing Feinstein on the committee if she chooses to resign.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If she does resign, I would be in the camp of following the precedent of the Senate, replacing the person, consistent with what we have done in the past,&#8221; Graham told CNN in April.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) declined to engage in hypothetical scenarios, particularly since Feinstein has repeatedly stated that she will not resign before 2025. Cruz affirmed that he takes Feinstein &#8220;at her word&#8221; regarding her decision not to resign.<\/p>\n<p>The return of the California Democrat to the Senate in May has given Democrats the power to advance the nominations of certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-dale-ho-called-electoral-college-us-senate-anti-democratic\/\" title=\"Biden Nominee Dale Ho Called Electoral College, US Senate \u2018Anti-Democratic\u2019\">judicial nominees referred<\/a> by President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>number of controversial decisions and statements. However, Republicans in the Senate have dismissed the idea of blocking a replacement for Sen. Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee, despite disagreements. 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