Sen. Mitt Romney joined other Republicans in saying he would not approve of replacing Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee, because he did not want to make it easier to 'appoint more liberal judges.'
, "I don't think Republicans are going to lift a finger in any way to get more liberal judges appointed, so whether she's resigned or leaves temporarily from the Judiciary Committee, I think we will slow walk any process that makes it easier to appoint more liberal judges," he said.Meanwhile, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said that the proposal to install a substitute for Feinstein is "extremely unusual.".
Since the Judiciary Committee is evenly split without the California senator, the committee has had to postpone voting on judicial nominees, perSenate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., previously said, "I can't consider nominees in these circumstances because a tie vote is a losing vote in committee."
On whether or not Feinstein should retire, Durbin said, "This is her decision. She's had a remarkable career in the Senate. I'm not going to make that decision or even suggest it," perBut Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said there may be a "political agenda" at play for putting pressure on Feinstein, the first and longest-serving woman senator in U.S. history.
"It's interesting to me, I don't know what political agendas are at work that are going after Sen. Feinstein in that way. I've never seen them go after a man who was sick in the Senate in that way," she told
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