Senator Feinstein's Lengthy Absence Imperils Biden's Court Picks
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🗓️ 14 April 2023
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| 1:00.0 | I'm Deer Drew Wash. I cover Congress. And I'm Dominican Montenarro, Senior Political Editor and |
| 1:03.8 | Correspondent. And California Senator Diane Feinstein came down with a case of the shingles back in |
| 1:09.3 | February, and she hasn't returned to Washington since. The 89 year old Democrat is a senior member of |
| 1:15.2 | the Judiciary Committee and without that vote. Democrats haven't been able to move President |
| 1:20.0 | Biden's judges forward for confirmation. Now members of her own party are calling for her to |
| 1:26.3 | resign. California Congressman Rocana spoke to NPR last night. I have not spoken to Senator Feinstein |
| 1:32.0 | for four years. She doesn't show up to any of the California lunches. She doesn't engage. I mean, |
| 1:37.3 | it's sort of an open secret in in Washington. I would have loved to have spoken to her, but that's |
| 1:42.2 | partly the challenge. And I think all I said is what people know privately that California has |
| 1:48.2 | basically had an absentee senator. Ouch. Wow. You know, a third of the Senate is seven years |
| 1:54.8 | or older than that. Senators regularly get sick. They regularly take leaves of absence. |
| 2:00.0 | So why is there a pile on for Diane Feinstein right now? Well, I think right now it's because |
| 2:05.7 | her absence is having an impact on the Senate Democrats agenda. I mean, as you know, they're |
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