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Let's talk about Feinstein's return....

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Belle of the Ranch

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🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Let's talk about Feinstein's return....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there internet people? Let's bow again. So today we are going to talk

0:05.3

about Senator Feinstein, her return to DC and what it means for the future.

0:10.6

Reporting suggests Senator Feinstein from California will be back in DC this week.

0:17.4

One last crusade. She won't be seeking re-election though.

0:21.3

Okay, so what does this mean? seeking re-election though.

0:24.8

Okay, so what does this mean? If she's coming back, she's going to be voting, that means that the Democratic Party has a functional

0:32.2

majority again on the Senate Judiciary Committee. That's a big deal.

0:37.0

The confirmations have been slowed. I know Fine St.

0:44.7

Offices said they weren't, but it certainly appears that they have been

0:49.4

slowed. But that's not the big thing. The judicial confirmations, they're important, but there are more pressing matters.

0:58.0

The reason the Senate Judiciary Committee really couldn't do anything in regards to the Supreme Court

1:05.4

and what was going on.

1:06.4

It's because they didn't have the votes.

1:08.6

They did not have the votes.

1:10.1

Republicans had enough votes with her absent to kind of keep everything in gridlock with

1:20.3

her back as long as the Democratic Party sticks together on that committee,

1:24.4

they can issue subpoenas. They can do things.

1:27.6

So that means that the whole Clarence Thomas, you know the chief justice, saying I

1:37.4

respectfully decline your invitation to talk, stuff like that that may not cut

1:42.1

it. The Democratic Party, particularly those on the

1:45.5

Judiciary Committee, they've had a lot of pretty tough talk and it was easy to have that tough talk when they didn't have to back it up.

1:57.0

Now with her back, we could see if they act on it. They might. This is an issue that can really help the

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