Feinstein Returning To Senate After Absence Since February
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Feinstein has been absent from the Senate since February 27th.
She was recovering from the shingles.
She is now returning to the senate.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who has been away from the Senate since February while recovering from shingles, will return to Washington on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson.
She has been recovering in San Francisco.
Feinstein said in April that her return to Washington had been “delayed due to continued complications related to my diagnosis” but said she planned to return to the Senate “as soon as possible once my medical team advises that it’s safe for me to travel.”
During her absence, the 89-year-old California senator faced pressure to return to Washington and calls from several House Democrats to resign. Feinstein sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and without her vote on the panel, Democrats said that they would have to delay some of President Biden’s key judicial nominees.
Some progressive Democrats called for her to resign.
Progressive Democrats began calling for her to resign in mid-April after Republicans refused Ms Feinstein’s request to temporarily replace her on the judiciary committee and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer declined to provide a timeline for her return.
Reps Ro Khanna, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib, all Democrats, have called on Ms Feinstein to step down before her term ends so Democrats could pass their legislative priorities.
While Ms Feinstein has faced calls to resign before, this latest round of demands “does feel different, because she’s missing these votes and the Senate is so closely divided,” Eric Schickler, co-director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, told the BBC last month.
A high-profile race to replace Ms Feinstein is already underway in California. Representatives Adam Schiff, Barbara Lee, and Katie Porter are all vying for the a once-in-a-lifetime seat.
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