Embattled San Francisco Senator Dianne Feinstein has announced she plans to temporarily relinquish her duties to another after two of her fellow party members asked she resign. Feinstein, 89, made the declaration in a statement Wednesday, roughly two hours after Rep. Ro Khanna, also of , and Rep. Dean Phillips took to social media to demand she step down due to an ongoing, two-month medical absence. The consecutive calls for the elderly stateswoman's resignation - both from fellow Democrats - underscored rising concern over her prolonged leave, which has held up her party's ability to confirm federal judges.
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