BREAKING: LeaderMcConnell ruled out throwing Democrats a lifeline in their efforts to temporarily replace SenFeinstein on the Judiciary Committee.
McConnell hailed Feinstein as a"titanic figure" and a"stateswoman," but insisted her absence hasn't stopped the panel's work and has instead forced Democrats to focus on judicial nominees that garner bipartisan support.“Let’s be clear. Senate Republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporarily absent colleague off a committee just so Democrats can force through their very worst nominees," McConnell declared from the Senate floor Tuesday.
“The far left wants the full Senate to move a senator off a committee so they can ram through ... their nominees.” pic.twitter.com/ZGwjvKevYj “I’d like to do it sometime this week,” Schumer said at a press conference Monday. “I spoke to Sen. Feinstein just a few days ago. She believes she will return soon. She’s very hopeful of that and so am I...We think the Republicans should allow a temporary replacement until she returns."
McConnell emphasized that her absence"hasn't ground the Judiciary committee to a halt," rather its hampered approval of partisan nominees. He returned to the Senate this week after a fall at a hotel on March 8 left him with a concussion and rib fracture.
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