Only a handful of Senate Republicans have said publicly they plan to vote for the legislation.
Senators working on the bill have been crafting a religious freedom amendment to get more Republicans on board, but this week they began to raise concerns that they would run out of time.What they're saying:
“We’ve asked Leader Schumer for additional time and we appreciate he has agreed,” said Sens. Tammy Baldwin , Susan Collins , Rob Portman , Kyrsten Sinema , and Thom Tillis in a statement. “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,” they added.Schumer's spokesperson Justin Goodman said in a statement the Democratic leader is "100 percent committed" to holding the vote before the end of the year.
"[He] will hold the bipartisan group to their promise that the votes to pass this marriage equality legislation will be there after the election," Goodman said.Axios on facebook
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