Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is being taken to task. Up to 70 progressive groups have told her that she has to support a carve out of the filibuster on voting rights or resign. This article by Joseph Choi is published by The Hill. Here is an excerpt:

A coalition of nearly 70 California progressive grassroots groups urged Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) either to call for the “swift passage” of both the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act by the end of this month or to resign.

In a letter released on Tuesday, the 69 civic and environmental groups asked that Feinstein call for the two pieces of legislation to be passed and express her willingness to “abolish or create an exception to the filibuster” in order to get them through the Senate.

“If you are unwilling to take these steps to protect our democracy, we ask that you resign and allow Governor Newsom to appoint a successor who is willing and able to fight for the survival of our country,” they wrote, referring to California’s Democratic governor.

Read the full article here.