Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin said the panel cannot vote to confirm judges while the California senator is recovering from illness.
to appoint a temporary replacement for her on the Judiciary Committee to allow the Senate to confirm justices.Such a move would require no objections from Republican senators If an objection is raised, a roll call vote which would require the
. Several GOP senators, including those on the Judiciary Committee, said they will not support plans to temporarily replace Feinstein on the panel.Republicans"I will not go along with Chuck Schumer's plan to replace Senator Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee and pack the court with activist judges," Tennessee Senator
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