Republicans object to replacing Feinstein on Judiciary panel

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans blocked a Democratic request to temporarily replace California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, leaving Democrats with few options for moving some of President Joe Biden’s stalled judicial nominees.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, objected to a resolution offered by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that would have allowed another senator to take Feinstein’s place on the panel while the Democrat recuperates from a case of shingles. Republicans have argued that Democrats only want a stand-in to push through the most partisan judges, noting that many of Biden’s nominees have bipartisan support and can move to the Senate floor for a vote.

As he objected, Graham said Democrats were trying to “change the numbers on the committee in a way that I think would be harmful to Senate, and to pass out a handful of judges that I think should never be on the bench.”

Democrats could still hold a roll call vote on the request. But with what appears to be unified GOP opposition to the move, it would likely be rejected.




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[pansypoo53219]

1. they have been stalling democratic judges since clinton.

ram in right judges, stall left judges.

[RockRaven]

2. People calling for her to resign need to wake up to the fact that the Repukes have a new toy...

They have found a new way to obstruct while in the minority.

Dems should be figuring out how best to accommodate whatever limitations she has and still get her to cast votes, rather than trying to drive her out to no benefit.

Also, in light of this new obstructionist strategy from the GrOPers, I fear for the safety of the Judiciary Committee members given the violent tendencies of MAGAts.

[PortTack]

3. Nailed it! Who was it the gqp wheeled in in a wheel chair to vote? Happened several times

[Phoenix61]

5. That happened because he agreed to it. No one is

stopping Feinstein from doing the same thing.

[PortTack]

9. Right..just saying she should make every effort!

[Phoenix61]

4. Huge difference between a never before done special request

by the Dems and a standard procedure for replacing senators who are unable to complete their terms. As far as accommodating her do you think that hasn’t been tried?

[sybylla]

6. Exactly. nt

[The Mouth]

7. I doubt we would let them do this

especially because it is ***ALL*** about getting judges appointed.

[SKKY]

8. Lindsey Graham can do us all a favor and...

...shut the f&*k up. Shut the whole f&*king f&*k up. Shut the new extended 3-hour edition the f&*k up. Once he's done that, put the bonus disk in and click on the deleted f&*ks and shut those the f&*k up. And once he has finished shutting the physical f&*k up, redeem the code on the back, download the digital f&*k from Amazon, and shut those up. Shut his 30-day free trial the f&*k up. And once his mouth has receded into itself with such force from shutting the f&*k up that his entire digestive system collapses into the singularity of a black hole, shut the f&*k up one more time. For the betterment of humanity.