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Feinstein absence ratchets up Senate tensions over Biden judicial nominees

By David Sivak
Published April 21, 2023 11:02am ET
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Feinstein absence ratchets up Senate tensions over Biden judicial nominees
Democrats were already incensed after Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) this month blocked a Biden judicial nominee who hailed from her home state of Mississippi. But Republicans added insult to injury by refusing to help Democrats temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on the Judiciary Committee, where her absence is throwing a wrench into her party’s […]

Democrats were already incensed after Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) this month blocked a Biden judicial nominee who hailed from her home state of Mississippi.

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