{"id":571217,"date":"2023-04-21T20:29:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/more-than-60-california-liberal-groups-call-on-feinstein-to-resign\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T20:29:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:29:52","slug":"more-than-60-california-liberal-groups-call-on-feinstein-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/more-than-60-california-liberal-groups-call-on-feinstein-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"#More than 60 California liberal groups call on Feinstein to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/FeinsteinDianne_120822ap.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A coalition of more than 60 progressive grassroots groups claiming to represent more than 100,000 Californians <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/u\/0\/d\/1U08lf60hSoWXXdibHZ9BSipogVfTh2E4kjKEVxB1LEA\/mobilebasic\">sent a letter<\/a> to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) asking her to resign.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition, which includes progressive groups from around the state, argue Feinstein\u2019s extended absence from the state has held up President Biden\u2019s agenda in the Senate.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cComplications from your illness threaten [your] storied legacy. Your absences hobble the elected Democratic Senate majority from doing the work of the people of California and our nation,\u201d the groups wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask that you resign from the Senate to focus on your health. Please allow Gov. [Gavin] <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>om to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>oint an interim senator who can provide robust and constant representation for California though the election of 2024,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The signatories include Activate America, Berkeley Now, Change begins with ME, Democracy Action Marin, Feminists in Action Los Angeles, Generation Blue, and chapters of Indivisible from around the state.<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein has missed Senate votes since being diagnosed with shingles during the Presidents Day recess in February.<\/p>\n<p>Her absence is felt most acutely on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which remains deadlocked 10-10 on divisive issues that split Democrats and Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>With full attendance, Democrats would control an 11-10 majority on the Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Senate Republicans this week blocked a motion by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to allow Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) to fill in temporarily for Feinstein on the committee.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of an effective majority also prevents Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) from subpoenaing witnesses to discuss the Supreme Court\u2019s ethics rules and reports that conservative Justice Clarence Thomas accepted <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> and other favors from Texas billionaire Harlan Crow without disclosing them on publicly available forms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. 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Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) asking her to resign. The coalition, which includes progressive groups from around the state, argue Feinstein\u2019s extended absence from the state has held up President Biden\u2019s agenda in the Senate. \u201cComplications&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":571218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/FeinsteinDianne_120822ap.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[140772,117,71313,110758,134418,73114,117218,70610,142262,73014,80445,133498,991,115,134345],"class_list":["post-571217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ben-cardin","tag-business","tag-chuck-schumer","tag-clarence-thomas","tag-congress-blog","tag-dianne-feinstein","tag-dick-durbin","tag-finance","tag-harlan-crow","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-in-the-know","tag-joe-biden","tag-news","tag-state-watch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}