Feinstein's Senate Absence Sparks Democratic Criticism.
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Democratic women senators in the US have accused their party of sexism for calling on 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein to resign due to her health-related absence from the Senate. The senators said that male colleagues had not faced similar calls. Feinstein has not voted in the Senate for over two months due to shingles, leaving Democrats down one vote in the chamber. Her absence from the Senate Judiciary Committee has also prevented Democrats from advancing President Joe Biden's judicial nominees.
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