Weeks after U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced she had been diagnosed with shingles, her extended absence from the Senate has left Democrats in a tight spot given the party’s slim majority in the chamber, spurring some high-profile calls for her resignation.
Without Feinstein, who at 89 is the oldest sitting senator, the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s judicial and administrative nominees has been complicated.
As the calls for her to step aside mounted from some corners of the Democratic Party, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., joined the fray Wednesday.
