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Los Angeles County supervisors pass motions to strengthen gun regulations after mass shootings

Los Angeles County lawmakers approved a series of motions to tighten gun restrictions after several mass shootings in California.

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Who Will Replace Dianne Feinstein?

California Democrats haven’t seen a Senate primary as energetic as the one now developing since 1992.

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Pelosi backs Trump impeachment leader Schiff in Senate race

Nancy Pelosi has made an early pick in California's 2024 U.S. Senate race — providing Sen. Dianne Feinstein doesn't seek another term.

Pelosi endorses Schiff in California Senate race – unless Feinstein runs for re-election

Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi has thrown her endorsement for California Senate behind Rep. Adam Schiff — unless Sen. Dianne Feinstein decides to seek re-election.

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Nancy Pelosi endorses Adam Schiff in California Senate race if Sen. Dianne Feinstein doesn't run

Pelosi's endorsement comes one week after Schiff launched his bid for Feinstein's coveted Senate seat.

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Pelosi endorses Schiff in 2024 California Senate race if Feinstein retires

The 89-year-old Feinstein has not made a decision about her political future.

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Pelosi to back Schiff for California Senate seat if Feinstein doesn’t run

Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) threw her support behind Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) in what is shaping up as a competitive 2024 Senate race in California if Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) chooses not to run.

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Feinstein raises under $600 as other California Senate candidates jump in

California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein has raised less than $600 in the last three months, according to filings released Tuesday by the Federal Election Commission.

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Barbara Lee Says She Can't Leave the House Without Repealing the Hyde Amendment

On Thursday, a group of pro-abortion Democrats in the House, led by Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), re-introduced The EACH Act, a bill that would reverse the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal dollars being used to pay for abortions. It’s been a target of abortion advocates since it was first introduced in the 1970s.

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Progressive group attacks Rep. Adam Schiff for failed record on Trump following Senate campaign announcement

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee accused Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., of playing the "role of Trump antagonist on TV" while failing to hold the former president accountable.

foxnews.com

Rep. Adam Schiff announces 2024 Senate run, teeing up a high-profile primary

89-year-old Sen. Feinstein has not announced if she will retire, but Democratic hopefuls are already entering the race for her senate seat.

npr.org

Trump impeachment leader Schiff joins California Senate race

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, who rose to national prominence as the lead prosecutor in President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial, is entering the 2024 California U.S. Senate race.

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff launches bid for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's California seat

Schiff led the House Intelligence Committee and served as lead impeachment manager in a Senate against former President Donald Trump.

cnbc.com

Schiff announces he's running for Senate in California in 2024

The California Democrat is entering the primary to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who has not yet said whether she will run for reelection.

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California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff to run for US Senate seat held by Feinstein

California Rep. Adam Schiff on Thursday announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate, setting up a possible challenge to incumbent Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

foxnews.com

Rep. Adam Schiff announces run for U.S. Senate in California

Schiff will join an increasingly crowded race for the seat of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a fellow Democrat who has not said whether she will seek reelection.

washingtonpost.com

California Rep. Adam Schiff enters marquee Senate race

Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank is the latest high-profile Democrat to join the 2024 Senate race, while Sen. Dianne Feinstein remains mum on seeking reelection.

latimes.com

Washington Post Predicts How Kevin McCarthy's Latest 'Pettiness' Could Haunt Him

The GOP House speaker's move could greatly benefit one of his biggest Democratic rivals, the newspaper's editorial board suggested.

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Early jockeying for Senate seats foreshadows competitive 2024 elections

Lawmakers are already setting their sights on 34 Senate seats that will open up in 2024, indicating a busy election season.

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'Boy Meets World' actor Ben Savage running for California House District 30: report

"Boy Meets World" actor Ben Savage is reportedly making another run in politics by entering the race for California's 30th House District. The seat is currently held by Adam Schiff.

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Twitter Files: Top Democrats peddled false Russian bots narrative about Nunes memo, despite Twitter warnings

Part 14 of the "Twitter Files" on Thursday, diving into the “Russiagate lies” and a “fake tale of Russian bots” that helped Democrats denounce a report about Russiagate flaws.

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Rep. Katie Porter addresses controversy over Senate announcement, claims she tried to reach out to Feinstein

Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., who just announced a 2024 Senate bid, said Thursday that she tried to reach out to Sen. Feinstein before announcing her run for the seat.

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Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she plans to run for Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, a seasoned progressive with more than three decades immersed in California politics, on Wednesday told congressional colleagues she plans to run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat in 2024.

latimes.com

Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she intends to run for Senate in Calif.

Lee made the comments to her colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday.

washingtonpost.com

Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she's running for California's Senate seat in 2024

Lee, 76, has represented Oakland, Berkeley and other parts of the Bay Area since 1998.

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Column: Katie Porter’s announcement brings Senate race into the open, where it belongs

By formally announcing her U.S. Senate bid, Orange County Rep. Katie Porter ends the quiet jockeying that has been underway to succeed Democrat Dianne Feinstein.

latimes.com

Fox News Politics: Disorder in the House?

Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content

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Katie Porter Senate campaign could be hampered by allegations of racism, toxic work culture

California Democrat Rep. Katie Porter's new Senate campaign may be impeded by accusations of racism and toxic work culture during her time as a Callifornia congresswoman.

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Rep. Katie Porter seeking Feinstein's Senate seat in 2024

Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California says she'll seek the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a fellow Democrat and the oldest member of the chamber.

Patty Murray makes history as first female Senate pro tem

The position puts her third in the line of presidential succession.

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US maritime liability rules changed after 2019 boat fire

U.S. federal lawmakers have changed 19th-century maritime liability rules for accident victims and their families in response to the 2019 boat fire off the coast of Southern California that killed 34 people.

Senators want answers in wake of AP’s prison investigations

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he plans to question the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons this week about why the agency continues to stand by a high-ranking official who beat Black inmates in the 1990s.

Feinstein says she won’t step down early from Senate

Feinstein suggested she has more work to do before leaving the Senate. "There's still two years," Feinstein said. "A lot can happen in two years."

latimes.com

Democrats break with tradition by passing over 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein to elect Patty Murray 3rd in line to the presidency

Senators have long picked their longest-serving member to be third in line to the presidency. But Feinstein declined it.

news.yahoo.com

The Importance of Dissent in Wartime

Plus: The limits of what academics can know

theatlantic.com

A 90-something in line of presidential succession? Experts say it’s time for a change.

A 90-something in line of presidential succession? Experts say it’s time for a change.

washingtonpost.com

LA councilman's future uncertain amid racism scandal

The troubled Los Angeles City Council appears headed into a long power struggle, as two disgraced councilmen resist widespread calls for their resignation amid a racism scandal and state investigation.

Key LA leaders face political fallout for racist remarks

The three Los Angeles City Council members at the center of a scandal over a recording of racist comments have each had long careers in state and local politics.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein chides staffers as they race to prep her for stopgap government funding vote: 'I don't even know what that is'

Dianne Feinstein ripped into staff trying to debrief her ahead of a routine Senate vote, telling them she had no clue what they were talking about.

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Florida judge faces criticism following order in Trump case

A little-known federal judge appointed to the bench two years ago by Donald Trump is in the spotlight this week over her decision to hand the former president a major procedural win.

Why did Trump want Judge Cannon for his Mar-a-Lago challenge?

Americans should have confidence in the impartiality of judges. So why did Trump care which judge he landed?

washingtonpost.com

California's last nuke plant to seek US OK for extended run

The utility that oversees California’s last operating nuclear power plant is taking steps to seek federal approval for an extended lifespan, just hours after the Legislature opened a pathway for a run that could last through 2030.

Western fires outpace California effort to fill inmate crews

California has a first-in-the nation law and a $30 million training program both aimed at trying to help former inmate firefighters turn pro after they are released from prison.

Wildfires in West explode in size amid hot, windy conditions

Wildfires fed by windy and hot conditions have grown dramatically in California and Montana, forcing evacuation orders for over 100 homes.

What GOP-named justices had said about Roe to Senate panel

The nine justices of the Supreme Court made clear in their landmark ruling Friday whether they stand on abortion.

A worrying phone call adds to concerns about Sen. Dianne Feinstein's cognitive health

In a call two days after the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting, the senator seemed "deeply disconnected from the very urgent and chilling realities" the U.S. is facing, says writer Rebecca Traister.

npr.org

Biden’s long quest on the assault weapons ban

Biden has long pressed for an assault weapons ban, successfully negotiating a 10-year ban as a senator in 1994. Nearly three decades later, he is confronting the realities of a Congress that operates much differently and a landscape that makes the goal almost impossible to achieve.

washingtonpost.com

Texas massacre casts shadow over hearing for ATF pick

Less than a day after a gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas, a Wednesday Senate hearing for President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reflected the deep political divisions over guns.

What GOP-nominated justices said about Roe to Senate panel

In one form or another, every Supreme Court nominee is asked during Senate hearings about his or her views of the landmark abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century.

Biden: SCOTUS draft 'about a lot more than abortion'

President Joe Biden warns if the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade and the right to abortion nationwide, it would likely only be the beginning of the stripping away of constitutional rights and protections that Americans currently enjoy. (May 4)

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Column: Amid clamor for Sen. Dianne Feinstein to quit, California has no great options

Amid questions about Feinstein's health and fitness for the Senate, there are also doubts about the alternative.

latimes.com

Dianne Feinstein Is the Future of the Senate

And that’s the problem.

theatlantic.com

Feinstein pushes back on lawmakers’ accounts that she is mentally unfit

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) insists that she remains a productive senator at the age of 88.

washingtonpost.com

Dianne Feinstein's 'memory is rapidly deteriorating,' colleagues reportedly say

Dianne Feinstein's 'memory is rapidly deteriorating,' colleagues reportedly say

news.yahoo.com

Column: Stop hounding Dianne Feinstein and let her finish her time in the Senate

The senator's performance during Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings shows she can do the job. Leave her be.

latimes.com

Supreme Court nominee's 'empathy' is flashpoint for Senate

Empathy is not a quality many Republican senators want to see in the next Supreme Court justice.

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s striking non-endorsement of ‘super precedents'

The left and abortion-rights supporters have tried to get Supreme Court nominees to label Roe v. Wade a "super precedent." But Jackson stopped short of that.

washingtonpost.com

Jackson invokes her Christian faith, stays mum on specifics

The latest nominee for a seat on the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, has stressed the importance of religious faith in her life and career.

California brings in over $760 million in new congressional earmarks

Congress brings back earmarks and California collects $766 million in funding for new projects.

latimes.com

Richard Blum, husband of California Sen. Feinstein, dies

Richard Blum, the husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, has died after a long battle with cancer.

Richard Blum, husband of California Sen. Feinstein, dies

Richard Blum, husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. Feinstein announced her husband's death in a statement Monday morning that said her “heart is broken today.” “My husband was my partner and best friend for more than 40 years," Feinstein said in the statement.

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Senators push Garland to reform prisons after AP reporting

The leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are demanding Attorney General Merrick Garland take immediate action to reform the beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons.

San Francisco recalls 3 members of city's school board

San Francisco residents have recalled three members of the city’s school board for what critics called misplaced priorities and putting progressive politics over the needs of children during the pandemic.

Saga of San Francisco's school board heads to the ballot box

A seemingly endless amount of drama, name-calling, lawsuits and outrage from parents has made the saga of San Francisco’s school board a riveting pandemic sideshow.

Bipartisan group of senators say they have reached a deal on Violence Against Women Act

Senator Dick Durbin acknowledged they still need more Republican's support to pass it.

cbsnews.com

Bipartisan group of senators say they have reached a deal on Violence Against Women Act

Senator Dick Durbin acknowledged they still need more Republican's support to pass it.

cbsnews.com

Senators announce a deal to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act

The bipartisan announcement comes after months of negotiations in the chamber. The legislation offers resources for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence.

npr.org

Senators strike bipartisan deal on domestic violence bill

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced a proposal to reauthorize the 1990s-era law that extends protections for victims of domestic and sexual violence after it lapsed in 2019 because of Republican opposition.

History shows every moment counts for Dems' hold on Senate

More than 600 sitting senators have died or resigned since the first Congress met in 1789.

California senators confront Democrats over tech antitrust effort

Congress dives into legislation to address the practices of the Big Tech companies, dividing Democrats and testing the industry's lobbying power.

latimes.com

Supreme Court abortion hearing raises questions for senators

During his confirmation to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh assured Sen_ Susan Collins a woman's right to an abortion was “settled law.”.

Navy launches ship named for gay rights leader Harvey Milk

A Navy ship named for slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk has been launched in San Diego Bay.

American, other airlines will require employee vaccinations

American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue will require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Senator Feinstein introduces bill requiring vaccine or negative COVID-19 for domestic flights

"We know that air travel during the 2020 holiday season contributed to last winter's devastating COVID-19 surge. We simply cannot allow that to happen again," Feinstein said.

cbsnews.com

California recall brings Harris home to support Gov. Newsom

Vice President Kamala Harris urged voters in her home state of California to defend the Democratic Party's progressive values by defeating the recall against Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The Week the Left Stopped Caring About Human Rights

It’s remarkable how quickly liberals abandoned the women of Afghanistan.

theatlantic.com

EXPLAINER: Western water projects in infrastructure deal

The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region.

James Hormel, first openly gay U.S. ambassador, dies at 88

James Hormel, the first openly gay U.S. ambassador and a philanthropist who funded organizations to fight AIDS and promote human rights, has died.

Bill aims to spend billions to fix nation's aging dams

Lawmakers in Congress have introduced a bill that would pump tens of billions of dollars into fixing and upgrading the country's dams.

First African American named to lead US Forest Service

Veteran forester Randy Moore has been named chief of the U.S. Forest Service, the first African American to lead the agency in its 116-year history.

Senators to watch as Dems debate changing filibuster rules

Looming over the Senate Democrats this year is a decision that could fundamentally change Congress as it has operated for decades.

Amid clamor to increase prescribed burns, obstacles await

Six decades after University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns and was treated with ridicule, he is seen as someone whose ideas could save the U.S. West’s forests and ease wildfire dangers.

California Democrats sharpen messaging against Newsom recall

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is winning support from top Democrats including Vice President Kamala Harris as he prepares to face a recall election later this year.

San Francisco school board's latest crisis: Racist tweets

FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks outside City Hall in San Francisco. Breed joined a chorus of officials who have denounced the tweets by the vice president of San Francisco's school board, Alison Collins, as racist and anti-Asian. The posts resurfaced last week amid a surge of violence and harassment against Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the country. They are the latest embarrassment for San Francisco’s school board, which has prided itself on putting racial equity at the top of its agenda. Under a plan recently negotiated with its labor unions, San Francisco plans to phase-in the reopening of elementary school classrooms in mid-April.

Newsom defends Feinstein, says he's not expecting retirement

Gavin Newsom says he'll appoint a Black woman to the U.S. Senate if Feinstein retires before her term ends in 2024. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he expects and hopes Sen. Dianne Feinstein will serve her full term after suggesting the day before he's been thinking about her replacement. Newsom followed up Tuesday with extended and effusive praise for Feinstein, calling her a friend and mentor and praising her work in Washington. Feinstein and Newsom hail from San Francisco, a political power center where each served as mayor, though decades apart. Warschaw said she did not speak to Newsom but expects he heard from upset Feinstein supporters.

Newsom will appoint Black woman if Feinstein retires early

Gavin Newsom says he'll appoint a Black woman to the U.S. Senate if Feinstein retires before her term ends in 2024. Gavin Newsom said Monday he'd appoint a Black woman to replace U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein if she retires before her term is up in 2024. “We have multiple names in mind and the answer is yes," he said during a interview on MSNBC's “The ReidOut" when asked if he would name a Black woman to the seat if given the chance. Newsom recently held that power after then-California Sen. Kamala Harris was elected vice president. He faced competing pressure to name a Latino and a Black woman and eventually chose Alex Padilla, making him California's first Latino U.S. senator.

Tax forms help reveal extent of unemployment fraud in US

Some Americans are receiving tax forms saying they owe money on unemployment benefits they never received. Unemployment benefits are taxable, so government agencies must send a tax form to people who received them. AdBernie Irwin, 86, said her daughter-in-law and a friend also received the tax forms. Now, overwhelmed unemployment agencies could face another onslaught — this time from people requesting corrected tax forms. He put a freeze on his credit and filed a fraud report with the state unemployment department but so far hasn't heard anything back.

San Francisco to strip Washington, Lincoln from school names

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, George Washington High School stands in San Francisco. The San Francisco school board has voted to remove the names of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln from public schools after officials deemed them and other prominent figures, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein unworthy of the honor. After months of controversy, the board voted 6-1 Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in favor of renaming 44 San Francisco school sites with new names with no connection to slavery, oppression, racism or similar criteria, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The decision by the San Francisco Board of Education in a 6-1 vote Tuesday night affects one-third of the city's schools and came nearly three years after the board started considering the idea. It’s almost like a parody of leftist activism,” said Gerald Kanapathy, a father of two young children, including a kindergartener at a San Francisco school not on the list.

Trump vetoes Calif. fishing bill over seafood trade deficit

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump vetoed a bill Friday that would have gradually ended the use of large-mesh drift gillnets deployed exclusively in federal waters off the coast of California, saying such legislation would increase reliance on imported seafood and worsen a multibillion-dollar seafood trade deficit. Trump also said in his veto message to the Senate that the legislation sponsored by Sens. But they said at least 60 other marine species — including whales, dolphins and sea lions — can also become entangled in the nets, where they are injured or die. In 2018, California passed a four-year phaseout of large-mesh drift gillnets in state waters to protect marine life. He said Americans will import more swordfish and other species from foreign sources without this fishery.

Gov. Newsom challenged to address Senate's lack of diversity

Gavin Newsom speaks at a COVID-19 testing facility in Valencia, Calif. As California Gov. Gavin Newsom's shoulders as he considers his pick to serve out the rest of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' Senate term through 2022. The South saw its highest number of Black Senate candidates ever this year, but none won races outright. Labor icon Dolores Huerta and California Latinas for Reproductive Justice want Newsom to appoint a Black woman. De Leon won the endorsement of the California Democratic Party and prominent labor unions, in part because of his support for immigrant rights and aggressive policies to curb climate change.

California governor taps new senior staff amid tough stretch

Myers, a former press secretary to President Bill Clinton, became a senior adviser to California Gov. She joins Jim DeBoo, a California consultant well-versed in the quirks of the state capital and statewide political campaigns, as a senior adviser to the governor. Beyond Myers, Newsom's new additions include DeBoo as senior adviser, making official on Jan. 1 a role he has informally held. Observers say adding him to Newsom's staff signals a desire for sharper political thinking and better connections with the state Legislature, but it could raise questions about special interests' access to the governor. Angie Wei, a Newsom adviser and former chief of staff for the California Labor Federation, is his new legislative affairs secretary.

After criticism, Feinstein to step down as top Judiciary Dem

WASHINGTON – California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday she will step down from her role as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, giving up the powerful spot after public criticism of her bipartisan outreach and her handling of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings. Feinstein, 87, said in a statement that she would not seek the position in the next Congress. 2 Democrat, said he will seek to replace Feinstein as the committee's top Democrat. He led daily news conferences during breaks in the hearings with the other Democrats on the panel while Feinstein usually did not appear. “It’s time for Sen. Feinstein to step down from her leadership position on the Senate Judiciary Committee,” said Brian Fallon, the executive director of Demand Justice, which opposes conservative nominees to the courts.

California Senate sweepstakes: Who gets Kamala Harris' job?

Election Day is over but California already is consumed with its next high-profile political contest the competition to fill Kamala Harris' soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat. Padilla is one of a group of people being considered as one of the candidates for the Senate pick. A group of Black California lawmakers have organized a lobbying drive behind U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, who represents parts of Los Angeles and its suburbs. And they could wait: California’s other Senate seat is held by 87-year-old Dianne Feinstein, the chamber’s oldest member. Does Newsom run the risk of angering groups who lose out on the Senate pick and who might make his re-election bid more difficult?

With a hug, Feinstein draws liberal critics at court hearing

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., shakes hands with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., at the close of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. “This has been one of the best set of hearings that I’ve participated in,” Feinstein said at the Senate Judiciary Committee. “It’s time for Sen. Feinstein to step down from her leadership position on the Senate Judiciary Committee,” said Brian Fallon, the executive director of Demand Justice, which opposes conservative nominees to the courts. Trump has been able to install more than 200 judges on the federal bench and is now poised to seat his third justice on the Supreme Court. “Judiciary Committee Democrats had one goal this week: to show what’s at stake under a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court — and we did that,” Feinstein said.

GOP pushes Barrett toward court as Democrats decry 'sham'

Relying on a slim Senate majority, Trump's Republicans are poised to lock a 6-3 conservative court majority for years to come. A former Notre Dame Law School professor, Barrett would be the only one of her Supreme Court colleagues not groomed in the Ivy League. But Barrett is the most open opponent of abortion nominated to the Supreme Court in decades. Others testifying Thursday included Laura Wolk, the first blind woman to be a law clerk for the Supreme Court, who told senators that Barrett’s encouragement and support were life-changing. “Her brilliance is matched only by her compassion,” said Wolk, who also spent a year as a law clerk for Barrett.

Barrett keeps Democrats, Trump at bay in Senate hearing

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)WASHINGTON – Over and over, Amy Coney Barrett said she’d be her own judge if confirmed to the Supreme Court. Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court to take the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems inevitable, as even some Senate Democrats acknowledged in Senate hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday. She called the Voting Rights Act a “triumph in the civil rights movement,” without discussing the specifics of the earlier challenge to it. The health care debate has been central to the week’s hearings, as Americans struggle during the pandemic, leading to a sharp exchange among senators at one point.

Takeaways: Barrett is reticent as Dems focus on health care

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett listens during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Barrett also said she could not answer whether Trump has the power to delay the general election, an idea the president floated earlier this year. Democrats say they have no interest in revisiting that issue during this confirmation process. This time, Democrats have focused on the effects on “real people” if the Affordable Care Act is overturned by the high court. AN “EXCRUCIATING” PROCESSBarrett said she accepted Trump’s nomination because she is “committed to the rule of law” and the role of the Supreme Court.

Health care law on line at court, but is it likely to fall?

Yes, the Trump administration is asking the high court to throw out the Obama-era healthcare law, and if she is confirmed quickly Barrett could be on the Supreme Court when the court hears the case. Democrats also repeatedly brought up words Barrett wrote in 2017, when she was a law professor, criticizing Chief Justice John Roberts' 2012 opinion saving the Affordable Care Act. Barrett wrote that Roberts had "pushed the Affordable Care Act beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute." But the court could simply “sever” the mandate from the law and leave the rest of the law alone. One other key observer of the case suggested the Affordable Care Act would likely stand.

Barrett bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing

“I think Amy’s doing incredibly well,” he said at the White House departing for a campaign rally. Allowing Trump to fill the seat with Barrett “poses a threat to safe and legal abortion in our country," Harris said. Democrats warn that she would be a vote to undo the law and strip health coverage from millions of Americans. "I'm not hostile to the ACA,” Barrett told the senators. “You would not be getting Justice Scalia, you would be getting Justice Barrett,” she declared.

Health care law on line at court, but is it likely to fall?

Yes, the Trump administration is asking the high court to throw out the Obama-era healthcare law, and if she is confirmed quickly Barrett could be on the Supreme Court when the court hears the case. Democrats also repeatedly brought up words Barrett wrote in 2017, when she was a law professor, criticizing Chief Justice John Roberts' 2012 opinion saving the Affordable Care Act. Barrett wrote that Roberts had "pushed the Affordable Care Act beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute." But the court could simply “sever” the mandate from the law and leave the rest of the law alone. One other key observer of the case suggested the Affordable Care Act would likely stand.

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