GOP senators say they won't stop Democrats from replacing Feinstein on Judiciary Committee
Posted on AllSides September 30th, 2023
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Top Republican senators said Friday they won’t try to prevent Democrats from replacing the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on the Judiciary Committee after the vacancy left Democrats without a majority on the key panel.
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, told NBC News that “there’s no doubt in my mind” Democrats will be able to fill her spot on the panel once there is a successor appointed to her Senate seat.
Feinstein’s death means the key panel that processes President Joe Biden’s judicial...