'This is unacceptable. It is also, like Durbin's continued inexplicable deference to blue slips, easily resolvable. It is time for Feinstein to resign her seat.'
"Her absence is keeping Democrats from getting things done. While she may return, the angst over her declining health will remain; it is not unreasonable to expect she will miss time in the future."
Shephard noted that with Feinstein's"seniority entitling her to seats on both the Judiciary and Appropriations committees, she has an outsize importance within the party, as well as, unintentionally, the Senate itself: Her absence is keeping Democrats from getting things done. While she may return, the angst over her declining health will remain; it is not unreasonable to expect she will miss time in the future.
Some commentators associated with the Democratic establishment have joined the chorus imploring Feinstein to step down.
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