The Dilemma of Dianne Feinstein's Resignation: Democrats' Response and GOP Blockade.

Senate Democrats are struggling to find a way to temporarily replace ailing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is deadlocked at 10-10 between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans have rejected Democrats' plan to temporarily swap in a warm body to get their partisan judicial agenda back on track. Democrats' best hope is that the failure to temporarily replace Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee will put pressure on her to resign altogether. However, Feinstein has proven to be a strong-willed person who may just have to wait for her to return, however long—if ever—that takes.