Senators are delaying a vote on a bill codifying the right to marry for same-sex couples until after the 2022 midterm elections.
Senators are delaying a vote on a bill codifying the right to marry for same-sex couples until after the 2022 midterm elections, citing their inability to garner support from just 10 Republicans needed to defeat an expected filibuster.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin , the lead sponsor of the legislation, said she still believes the bill, called the Respect for Marriage Act, could pass in the chamber. “I’m still very confident that the bill will pass, but we will be taking the bill up later, after the election,”The move surprised many lawmakers who were expecting a vote as soon as next week. But Baldwin, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer , and other lawmakers on the Senate negotiation team said they didn’t want to put the bill up for a vote before they knew for sure they could get the 10 GOP votes needed for it to pass.
In order to persuade undecided Republicans, the legislation will likely include “common-sense language that respects religious liberty and Americans’ diverse beliefs” while passing marriage equality protections into law,We’ve asked Leader Schumer for additional time and we appreciate he has agreed. We are confident that when our legislation comes to the Senate floor for a vote, we will have the bipartisan support to pass the bill.
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