Ailing Dianne Feinstein returns to Senate on ‘lighter’ schedule: Washington Photos of the Week
Graeme Jennings
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) returned to the Senate this week after an illness forced her prolonged absence, causing her to miss votes and put certain Biden judicial nominations on hold.
Feinstein, 89, faced pressure to resign from fellow Democrats as her nearly three-month absence put the party’s narrow 51-49 control of the upper chamber in peril and the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ability to confirm liberal judges on ice.
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Feinstein arrived to work in a wheelchair and announced she would have to work a “lighter schedule” as she has lingering symptoms associated with her shingles diagnosis.
Also this week, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) held a press conference unveiling a new report alleging $10 million flowed from foreign countries into bank accounts tied to Biden family members. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) met with President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss raising the debt ceiling limit. And the pandemic-era policy Title 42 ended at the border, sparking rebuke from centrists that Biden has enabled a migrant crisis at the southern border.
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Here’s a look at scenes from the week of May 8, 2023, captured by Washington Examiner photographer Graeme Jennings.
Feinstein returns to Senate using a wheelchair after nearly three-month absence
Congressional leaders meet with Biden at the White House to avoid debt ceiling crisis
House Oversight Committee Republicans release new report on Biden family finances
Rep. Nancy Mace calls on DOJ to ‘get off its ass’ and investigate Biden family finances
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema calls Biden administration handling of Title 42 ‘unacceptable’
