House lawmakers from the Progressive, Pro-Choice, and Democratic Women's caucuses plan to march to the Senate chamber ahead of Wednesday's vote on the Women's Health Protection Act.
Despite this imminent threat to bodily autonomy, Manchinon his defense of the filibuster less than 24 hours after Alito's draft ruling was made public. The West Virginia Democrat characterized the anti-democratic rule that requires 60 votes to advance most legislation—therefore giving veto power to the minority party in a closely divided upper chamber—as"the only protection we have in democracy.
After they helped prevent debate on the WHPA in February, Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski while permitting states to restrict abortions after fetal viability. Even if Manchin were to support their watered-down alternative or write his own bill, such legislation would also fall victim to the filibuster unless it garners 60 votes—a virtual impossibility given the Republican Party's growing
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