Feinstein Backs Bypassing Filibuster for Voting Rights

A senior staffer to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) told the Los Angeles Times the senator would support circumventing the long-standing filibuster rule to enact a voting rights bill with only 50 votes in the Senate.

Feinstein state director Jim Lazarus said she “believes that the leadership of the Senate will come up with a path that allows this bill to go forward” with 50 Democratic votes and she “will make this the No. 1 bill that has to get through over the next month or two.”