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    Partisan mistrust still festers in Washington after Sen. Dianne Feinstein's absence

    by Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times Jun 09, 2023 5 minutes
    Dianne Feinstein, D- Calif., attends a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building on May 11, 2023, in Washington, D.C. This was Feinstein's first hearing after fighting illness and being absent from the Senate for almost three months.

    WASHINGTON — Along with speculation about Sen. Dianne Feinstein's health and ability to serve, the California Democrat's two-month absence from the Capitol earlier this year exposed the deep partisan distrust that permeates the U.S. Senate and threatens to undercut an essential piece of President Joe Biden's agenda.

    Democrats remain skeptical about assurances from Republicans that, should Feinstein, 89, leave office before her term ends in early 2025, there would be no political gamesmanship when replacing her on the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, the narrowly divided panel that votes on Biden's nominations to the federal judiciary.

    Feinstein's return to Washington last month assuaged but did not eradicate those concerns, given her age, frail health and evident struggles to keep a busy schedule and maintain all the duties of a senator.

    "One of the unknowns is whether the Republicans would

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