A reporter from Slate says the senator said she hadn't been away from Washington.
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This is despite the fact that she has been recovering from shingles in San Francisco for more than two months before returning last week.
When a reporter pressed her again, she said, "I've been here. I've been voting."
A Feinstein spokesperson declined to comment.