Senators Feinstein and Harris - Prevent a quorum

Dear Senators Feinstein and Harris,

On September 28th, two hundred and seventy five of your constituents in Marin wrote you asking that you work to "delegitimize and slow the GOP agenda which aims to rob the American people of having a voice in the confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice."

Since then, we have been gravely disappointed by the lack of strategic and courageous action by Senate Democrats, especially members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in the confirmation process of Amy Coney Barrett. As we know you agree, she poses an unprecedented threat to the Democratic values and policies we hold most dear.

In particular, we have been disappointed by Senator Feinstein's enabling of this illegitimate process. According to an October 16th article in the Washington Post, "Many observers on the left gave [Senator Feinstein] failing marks. She did not, for example, put up much of a battle against Graham when the committee was not at quorum."  Similarly, when Senator Feinstein praised Lindsey Graham at the close of the hearings, Jon Lovett, a former aide to President Barack Obama and co-host of “Pod Save America,” said, “That she can say this about this ongoing travesty,” “is another sad statement about how poorly represented we are by Dianne Feinstein.”

It is not too late for you to do the right thing and make your constituents proud. I strongly urge you to do everything you can to halt this illegitimate nomination, including denying Republicans a quorum in committee. We ask that neither of you attend on committee vote scheduled for Thursday, and that you convince at least six of your colleagues on the committee to follow suit.

If you are successful in preventing a quorum, we further ask that, if Committee Chair Lindsey Graham then refers the vote back to the full Senate without committee recommendation, Senate Democrats walk out en masse and leave Republicans to hold the vote alone.

As we expressed earlier, we fiercely oppose filling Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court until after the election and believe that the Republicans rush to appoint Amy Coney Barrett is an abuse of power and a threat to our democracy. We the American people are voting now and must have a say.

Will you again abdicate your influence by adherence to Senate protocols and norms? Or will you act boldly and strategically to delegitimize and slow the GOP's agenda to force a vote before inauguration?

We are holding out hope that you will do the right thing.


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