<p>The Senate&#8217;s top Democrat revealed his pick to temporarily replace Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dianne-feinstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dianne Feinstein</a> (D-CA) on the Senate Judiciary Committee as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-senators-revolt-against-democrats-bid-to-replace-feinstein-on-judiciary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans rally</a> against such a swap aimed at ending the freeze on President Joe Biden&#8217;s judicial nominees.</p>
<p>Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) named Ben Cardin, a Democrat who is the senior senator from Maryland, as the proposed stand-in.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chuck Schumer says he will try to temporarily replace Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee with Ben Cardin <a href="https://t.co/iKtqmiDziv">pic.twitter.com/iKtqmiDziv</a></p>
<p>&mdash; JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1648401897613664256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Feinstein, the Senate&#8217;s oldest member at the age of 89, announced in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dianne-feinstein-hospitalized-in-san-francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">early March</a> that she had been hospitalized in San Francisco after being diagnosed with a case of shingles. Facing calls from some fellow Democrats to resign, Feinstein asked Schumer last week to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feinstein-asks-schumer-to-let-another-democrat-take-committee-spot-2nd-democrat-calls-for-resignation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">temporarily replace</a> her on the Judiciary Committee while she continues to recover.</p>
<p>The proposed shuffle is being characterized as a short-term move. Schumer told reporters on Tuesday that he spoke to Feinstein a few days ago and both of them hope that she will return to the Senate &#8220;very soon.&#8221;</p>
<p>A number of Republicans have voiced opposition to the swap, and hours after he proposed Cardin, Schumer&#8217;s request for <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/glossary.htm#:~:text=unanimous%20consent%20%E2%80%93%20Agreement%20on%20any,objects%2C%20the%20request%20is%20rejected." target="_blank" rel="noopener">unanimous consent</a> was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-block-schumers-request-replace-feinstein-judiciary-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met with an objection</a> by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). If Democrats press the issue, replacing Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee would require 60 votes in the narrowly-divided Senate.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/04/17/no-gop-favors-for-feinstein-00092278" target="_blank" rel="noopener">At least 10 Republicans</a> need to join with Democrats and independents, but they would do so at the risk of breaking with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4BWofLK0-E" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who just returned</a> to Capitol Hill himself after recovering from a fall.</p>
<p>&#8220;Senate Republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporary absent colleague off a committee just so Democrats can force through their very worst nominees,&#8221; McConnell said on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/04/18/1170624504/mcconnell-says-republicans-will-block-effort-to-replace-feinstein-on-judiciary-p" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per NPR</a>.</p>
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<p>Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently conceded that Feinstein&#8217;s absence is holding up the ability of the panel, which is <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members" target="_blank" rel="noopener">split 10-10</a> along party lines without her, to advance Biden&#8217;s nominees to federal courts around the nation. &#8220;I can’t consider nominees in these circumstances because a tie vote is a losing vote in committee,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/10/politics/biden-judges-senate-blue-slips-absences/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he told CNN</a>.</p>
<p>Feinstein <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dianne-feinstein-not-running-for-re-election-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced in February</a> she would not seek re-election in 2024, and three prominent House Democrats — Reps. Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barbara-lee-announces-bid-for-dianne-feinsteins-senate-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barbara Lee</a> — have announced campaigns to replace Feinstein in the Senate. Cardin is expected to announce whether he will seek another six-year term in 2024 in the near future, <a href="https://twitter.com/ktullymcmanus/status/1648398744335818761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to POLITICO</a>.</p>
<p>Another aspect of the current debate about Biden&#8217;s nominees is whether to uphold the &#8220;blue slip&#8221; tradition in which home-state senators can effectively put a stop to a nominee if they do not support the individual. This issue is exemplified by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), who refuses to return her blue slip for <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/06/white-house-pulls-punches-over-gop-judicial-nomination-blockade-00090824" target="_blank" rel="noopener">district court nominee Scott Colom</a>.</p>
<p>Schumer said Durbin and the Judiciary Committee &#8220;are considering&#8221; what to do about the issue.</p>

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