Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to Congress this week after a months-long absence from illness, but it was not fully clear Thursday morning if she would make it to a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Her spot on the panel became part of the criticism of the 89-year-old California Democrat, in part because Democrats needed her on the committee to advance certain judicial nominees.
“I know that she’s been through some significant health challenges, and we all wish her the very best,” Senate Judiciary Chair Richard J. Durbin of Illinois said as he spoke about the judicial nominees on the agenda to open the meeting.
