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What's Really Going on With the Fight Over Dianne Feinstein

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Republicans and Democrats are both trying to stake out the moral high ground on 89-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein's absence. That also happens to align with their political incentives. Her medical leave is holding up nominees in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Feinstein is a member, and putting Democrats down a vote in the narrowly split chamber. It’s unsustainable if Democrats want to actually confirm judicial appointments, especially at the pace Republicans did when they held the Senate majority.

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