Fetterman and Feinstein absences leave Senate Democrats without outright majority

[GURPS]

Democrats have lacked an outright majority this week in the Senate as a number of temporary absences complicate their ability to confirm Joe Biden's nominees and give Republicans an easier time sending legislation to the president's desk.

Four senators have missed all of their votes this week, three Democrats and one Republican, underscoring just how tenuous the 51-49 Democratic control of the upper chamber is.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has left Washington to deal with a “health matter,” according to a spokesperson, and it's not clear when she'll be back for Senate votes. “She hopes to return to Washington soon,” her office said on Wednesday.

The 89-year-old senator announced last month that she will not be seeking reelection in 2024 but still has almost two years left in her term.

MSN

 

[GURPS]

Dem Senate majority at risk as Senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, is hospitalized for SHINGLES - weeks after John Fetterman was also hospitalized with clinical depression​

• Feinstein's staff announced last month that she won't seek reelection
• She missed some Senate votes this week but is expected to make a full recovery
• 'I hope to return to the Senate later this month,' said the California Senator

 

[WingsOfGold]

Dem Senate majority at risk as Senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, is hospitalized for SHINGLES - weeks after John Fetterman was also hospitalized with clinical depression​

• Feinstein's staff announced last month that she won't seek reelection
• She missed some Senate votes this week but is expected to make a full recovery
• 'I hope to return to the Senate later this month,' said the California Senator

Hopefully they linger on for 2 years.

 

[spr1975wshs]

Hopefully they linger on for 2 years.

At her age, quite possibly.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

Dem Senate majority at risk as Senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, is hospitalized for SHINGLES -

Why didn't she take a safe and effective vaccine?

 

[Hijinx]

Someone please tell me why someone 89 years old wants to remain a senator.
It's not like she hasn't already scammed the Government out of a fortune.
Is the power and the ass-kissing that great that she just cannot bring herself to leave?

 

[Gilligan]

Someone please tell me why someone 89 years old wants to remain a senator.
It's not like she hasn't already scammed the Government out of a fortune.
Is the power and the ass-kissing that great that she just cannot bring herself to leave?

Rhetorical questions...right?

 

[stgislander]

Someone please tell me why someone 89 years old wants to remain a senator.
It's not like she hasn't already scammed the Government out of a fortune.
Is the power and the ass-kissing that great that she just cannot bring herself to leave?

I don't know. Maybe you should ask Steny.

 

[WingsOfGold]

Someone please tell me why someone 89 years old wants to remain a senator.
It's not like she hasn't already scammed the Government out of a fortune.
Is the power and the ass-kissing that great that she just cannot bring herself to leave?

Because in her frazzled mind she thinks she belongs there and soon when she drops dead a gov't building will be named after her for all to see.

 

[SamSpade]

Someone please tell me why someone 89 years old wants to remain a senator.
It's not like she hasn't already scammed the Government out of a fortune.
Is the power and the ass-kissing that great that she just cannot bring herself to leave?

Conjecture? Easy money, benefits, very little actual work.

But what I read about her is that her cognitive abilities are atrocious - forgetting she's been briefed, exploding in anger at things (a trait OFTEN seen in persons with declining mental abilities) - staff frustrated with her. PHYSICALLY, she's much stronger than many her age, but mentally, she's lost way too much.

Maybe also - a bit of stubbornness.

 

[Hijinx]

Conjecture? Easy money, benefits, very little actual work.

But what I read about her is that her cognitive abilities are atrocious - forgetting she's been briefed, exploding in anger at things (a trait OFTEN seen in persons with declining mental abilities) - staff frustrated with her. PHYSICALLY, she's much stronger than many her age, but mentally, she's lost way too much.

Maybe also - a bit of stubbornness.

The Democrats seem to be struggling with many of their leadership having cognitive issues.

 

[Hijinx]

I don't know. Maybe you should ask Steny.

Is Steny any better? Another old man sucking on the Government tit.
We need to toss out anyone in the Congress that is over 70 years old.