A second Republican senator on the Judiciary Committee announced their opposition to temporarily replacing Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the panel, adding to Democrats’ woes over how to move forward on stalled judicial nominations caused by her absence.
her on the Senate Judiciary Committee. That followed calls from some congressional Democrats for Feinstein, who has been absent from the chamber since February, to resign from the Senate.
She joins Sen. Tom Cotton , a close ally of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , in publicly announcing she will not support a temporary replacement for Feinstein. “We should have a temporary replacement until she returns and we’re hopeful Republicans will join us on that,” he said, adding that he planned to bring the matter to the floor this week. “It’s the only right and fair thing to do.”
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