Feinstein asked last week to be temporarily replaced on the Senate Judiciary Committee while she recovers from the shingles.
Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican on the Judiciary committee along with Cotton and Blackburn, also suggested Republicans will block the request and vote against it.
It also comes as once-bipartisan votes on federal judgeships — lifetime appointments, in most cases — have been increasingly steeped in partisanship. While the Judiciary committee has moved some of Biden’s judicial nominees with a handful of GOP votes, Republicans are loath to give approval to a plan that will help Biden place more judges on the bench.
If Feinstein were to resign immediately, the process would be much easier for Democrats, since Californiawould appoint a replacement. The Senate regularly approves committee assignments for new senators after their predecessors have resigned or died.
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