A growing chorus of Democratic members of the United States Senate are now publicly calling on their embattled colleague from Minnesota, former comedian Al Franken, to resign from his post, and according to the Boston Globe, an aide for Massachusetts' Elizabeth Warren says the Cambridge Democrat has called on Franken privately to resign, as well.
Wednesday morning saw more than 20 Democratic Senators call for Franken's resignation, with Franken's staff indicating via social media that the Minnesota lawmaker will be making an announcement on Thursday.
No referendum asking voters to allow the state government to stop paying for abortions will appear on the statewide ballot in 2020, because pro-life advocates didn't gather enough signatures.
Supporters of the measure fell more than 7,000 short of the 64,750 they needed, said Thomas Harvey, executive director of Alliance To Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion.
