Democrats Can Replace Feinstein on Key Senate Panel If She Resigns: Graham

Democrats can regain a majority on a key Senate committee if Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) resigns, a top Republican senator said on April 23.
Feinstein has been away from Washington for months because of a bout with shingles. That has left Democrats with the same number of votes on the Senate Judiciary Committee as Republicans, and the GOP rejected an effort to temporarily replace the Californian.
However, if Feinstein, who at 89 is the oldest member of Congress,  steps down, Democrats would be able to replace her, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on April 23.
“If she does resign, I would be in the camp of following the precedent of the Senate replacing the person, consistent with what we have done in the past,” Graham, the ranking Republican member of the judiciary panel, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”…}