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The interesting thing to me is that the Senate version of the bill is sponsored by a Republican, meaning it should easily pass, yet Democratic leadership has th

The interesting thing to me is that the Senate version of the bill is sponsored by a Republican, meaning it should easily pass, yet Democratic leadership has thus far remained uncommitted to getting a vote on the floor due to "other priorities" and a recess coming up.

SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago
I haven’t heard of this, can you post it here so I can cite the bill to my local (Democratic) house representative?
- zdragnar 4y ago
  "It’s unclear if the Senate will take up the legislation, as Democratic leaders remained noncommittal on Tuesday. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he would personally support putting it on the floor, but questioned whether there’s enough time on the calendar with the Senate set to go on an extended recess in two weeks and two huge party priorities to finish before then. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer would not say Tuesday if there would be a floor vote but said, “we’re going to look at everything we can do.” https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2022/07/19/dozens-of-republicans-back-codifying-marriage-equality-00046682 https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2022/07/19/dozens-of-repub... An update from last night: in addition to Susan Collins as a primary sponsor to the Senate bill, Sen. Rob Portman from Ohio is also now signing on as a cosponsor. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/u-s-house-votes-to-protect-marriage-equality-ohio-gop-split https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/u...
dragonwriter 4y ago
> The interesting thing to me is that the Senate version of the bill is sponsored by a Republican, meaning it should easily pass, yet Democratic leadership has thus far remained uncommitted to getting a vote on the floor due to "other priorities" and a recess coming up. Majority Leader Schumer has said he wants to bring it to the floor, but is working to assure that the Republican votes for it to pass (cloture, which takes 60 votes, more than the floor) are there first (that's been Schumer's MO on most things—if it's going to just get blocked by filibuster, he won't bring it up.)

SamoyedFurFluff 4y ago

I haven’t heard of this, can you post it here so I can cite the bill to my local (Democratic) house representative?

zdragnar 4y ago
"It’s unclear if the Senate will take up the legislation, as Democratic leaders remained noncommittal on Tuesday. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said he would personally support putting it on the floor, but questioned whether there’s enough time on the calendar with the Senate set to go on an extended recess in two weeks and two huge party priorities to finish before then. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer would not say Tuesday if there would be a floor vote but said, “we’re going to look at everything we can do.” https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2022/07/19/dozens-of-republicans-back-codifying-marriage-equality-00046682 https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2022/07/19/dozens-of-repub... An update from last night: in addition to Susan Collins as a primary sponsor to the Senate bill, Sen. Rob Portman from Ohio is also now signing on as a cosponsor. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/u-s-house-votes-to-protect-marriage-equality-ohio-gop-split https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/u...

dragonwriter 4y ago

> The interesting thing to me is that the Senate version of the bill is sponsored by a Republican, meaning it should easily pass, yet Democratic leadership has thus far remained uncommitted to getting a vote on the floor due to "other priorities" and a recess coming up. Majority Leader Schumer has said he wants to bring it to the floor, but is working to assure that the Republican votes for it to pass (cloture, which takes 60 votes, more than the floor) are there first (that's been Schumer's MO on most things—if it's going to just get blocked by filibuster, he won't bring it up.)