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[–] bazus1@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Mitch McConnell:

[–] Swim@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if she died while serving and not retired thats a bit too long

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, she probably should have retired 20 years ago after 2 terms. She still would've been 70, which I think is borderline too old.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this the lady that got all pissy when a bunch of children asked her about climate change?

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Question is how long ago did she die? How long is this been weekend at senate

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You notice they still said nothing about her relinquishing her seat...

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Her son Daniel will now take the seat as D. Feinstein

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yesterday. From the article:

She passed away Thursday night at her home in Washington, D.C.

[–] pottedmeat7910@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

How could they tell?

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What’s this do the ballance of power in the Senate? Does this make Mitch McConnell majority leader until her successor is seated? Will the GOP control both houses of Congress, at least on paper, when the government shuts down?

[–] asteroidnova@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The balance is exactly where it's been at. You could certainly make the case they had two majorities when they didn't bother to give their own employer money.

[–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Pelosi's big plan to hold that seat until the election so Gavin Newsom couldn't put someone in temporarily which would hurt a corporate Democrats chance of getting in is dead.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

Basically the only method the US system has for removing people from office.