Feinstein Returning to US Senate, Giving Democrats Their Majority

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) returned to work on Tuesday following a long recovery from shingles.
Her return gives back Democrats their majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee, as well as a one-seat Democrat advantage in the full Senate.
Feinstein’s office said she boarded a flight from her California home to Washington earlier on Tuesday, ahead of a Senate vote in the evening.
The longtime California Democrat was hospitalized with shingles over the February Senate recess. At the time, she said she expected to return to Congress in March.
But her longer-than-expected absence attracted criticism in recent weeks, including from within her party….}

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