Sen. Dianne Feinstein has not participated in nearly 60 votes over the past two months, leading some liberals to urge the California senator to step down before her planned retirement.
specifically for this situation.
“Unless a senator chooses to resign, the only way to remove them from office is by a two-thirds expulsion vote,” said Molly Reynolds, senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a bipartisan Washington think tank, in response to emailed questions.It has happened in rare occasions, and not for more than a century and a half.
Since the last expulsion, in 1862, there have been 13 failed attempts to remove senators on myriad grounds, from corruption to election fraud to being a Mormon . These senators either survived the expulsion vote or resigned.How is a Senate vacancy filled?Under California law, a senate vacancy may be filled via an appointment by the governor that does not require confirmation by the California Legislature or the U.S. Senate. The governor also may call for a special election to fill the vacancy.
Given the thin partisan divide in the Senate, it’s likely that Newsom would move quickly to appoint a fellow Democrat to fill any vacancy to ensure his party remains in control of the upper chamber.If a Senator resigns, dies or is expelled from office, does the replacement automatically fill the Senator’s committee assignments?“Once there is a new senator sworn into the vacant seat, he or she only gets committee assignments after the Senate adopts a simple resolution,” Reynolds said.
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