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Senate Democrats are working to temporarily replace California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee after she announced her continued absence from the Senate. With Sen. Dianne Feinstein requesting to be temporarily replaced on the Judiciary Committee as she recovers from shingles, Senate Democrats on Thursday began working to break the logjam that has held up critical judicial nominations for weeks. A spokesperson for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will ask the Senate next week to allow another Democratic senator to temporarily fill her place on the high-profile committee on which Democrats hold a mere one-seat majority. Rep. Ro Khanna, who like Feinstein is a California Democrat, was the first to publicly call on Feinstein to step down, questioning Thursday morning, "Why [does she] not just take the step and resign instead of going through all of these motions?" "It has become painfully obvious to many of us in California that she is no longer able...

Sen. Bob Menendez on Monday delivered his first public remarks after being indicted on corruption charges. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., signaled Monday that he will remain in office despite pressure to resign after being indicted on corrupt ion charges . Senator Robert Menendez delivers remarks, after he and his wife Nadine Menendez were indicted on bribery offenses in connection with their corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in Union City, N.J., Sept. 25, 2023. Mike Segar/Reuters This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/sen-bob-menendez-facing-corruption-charges-rebuffs-calls-for-his-resignation-TheFOXposts-36611.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Politics Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

An increasing number of Senate Democrats are calling for the resignation of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. An increasing number of Senate Democrats are calling for the resignation of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez Tuesday after a federal grand jury returned a sweeping indictment against him late last week. The Senate returned to Washington Tuesday for the first time since Menendez, a Democrat, was indicted on allegations on federal bribery charges. While many Senate Democrats were initially slow to react to Menendez's charges, many of them are now called for Menendez to step aside. Most notable among those calls is one from Menendez's New Jersey Senate colleague Cory Booker. Booker called the allegations against Menendez "hard to reconcile with the person I know," but ultimately concluded that Menendez ought to resign his seat in the Senate. MORE: Defiant Sen. Bob Menendez speaks out after indictment, will not resign "Stepping down is not an admission of guilty but...

Facing new charges, George Santos said Wednesday he not intend to resign, he does not intend to take a plea deal and he intends to fight the case until "the bitter end" Hours after he was hit with a new round of federal charges , New York congressman George Santos briefly sat down with a small group of reporters on Wednesday morning to reiterate a few things: He does not intend to resign , he does not intend to take a plea deal and he intends to fight the case until "the bitter end." "I'm strong in my convictions that I can prove my innocence," he insisted. Prosecutors this week said that Santos, a Republican first elected last year, allegedly racked up thousands of dollars in charges on his donors' credit cards, exaggerated contributions to his campaign and claimed to have lent $500,000 of his own money when he only had $8,000 in the bank. A superseding indictment was filed against Santos on Tuesday. He was previously charged by federal prosecu...