[ad_1] Rep. Barbara Lee stood to benefit from that outcome more than Reps. Adam Schiff or Katie Porter. Newsom angered some Black voters by replacing the newly elevated Vice President Kamala Harris with Sen. Alex Padilla, the state’s first Latino senator — a choice that left the Senate without any Black women. The governor later … Read more
[ad_1] Her travel back to Washington follows a conversation last week with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, in which she said she could return as soon as this week. It is not yet clear if Feinstein will participate in Tuesday night’s floor votes. “I’m glad that my friend Dianne is back in the Senate and … Read more
[ad_1] During the Trump years, administration officials reportedly discussed deploying the Constitution’s 25th Amendment, which can be invoked to remove a president deemed unfit to serve. But no similar mechanism exists for dislodging members of Congress. At the same time, Washington has become a gerontocracy. Match up the demographic reality with the political reality of … Read more
[ad_1] “It was in his notes, and he would have said if someone asked,” Schumer’s spokesperson told POLITICO. Earlier on Tuesday Feinstein’s office told POLITICO that Feinstein “continues to make progress in her recovery” from shingles, but that her staff “don’t have a timeline yet for her return to Washington, which is dependent on her … Read more
[ad_1] “The question is, how long until she goes back? So if it’s three months, I don’t know, that becomes a really difficult question. If it’s a couple of weeks? I’m fine with it,” said Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.). “I’m not going to pressure her one way or the other. But I think, you know, … Read more
[ad_1] Schumer said he is angling to have a conversation with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about the matter soon — but over the course of Monday, deal-making GOP senators from Collins to Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). lined up in opposition to temporarily replacing Feinstein on the panel. Republicans’ blockade of the resolution … Read more
[ad_1] “Ro Khanna has no influence on her whatsoever,” said one California Democrat granted anonymity to discuss the senator’s thinking, referring to the first sitting lawmaker who publicly called on her to resign. Feinstein “is not going to respond to pressure.” The resolve bubbling up from Feinstein’s orbit adds yet more fuel to the Democratic … Read more
[ad_1] “There is no Black woman in the Senate, so that commitment was heard across the nation,” said Assemblymember Lori Wilson, chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus. “There are Black women in Texas, in Georgia, who are holding onto: If there’s a vacancy, we’re going to get a Black woman, because Governor Newsom said … Read more
[ad_1] Few people believed Feinstein would seek another term. Reps. Katie Porter and Adam Schiff have both launched campaigns for Senate — although Schiff said his was conditional on Feinstein not running again — and Rep. Barbara Lee is preparing to launch her own. Despite the widespread presumption that Feinstein would not seek reelection, her … Read more
[ad_1] Rep. Nancy Pelosi is shown. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Rep. Nancy Peolsi on Thursday endorsed Rep. Adam Schiff in California’s high-profile Senate primary, backing the former House Intelligence Committee chair but only on the condition that Sen. Dianne Feinstein opts not to run again. “If Senator Feinstein decides to seek re-election, she has my … Read more