The Senate won't act on a bill to codify gay marriage protections before the November elections, Sen. Rob Portman told Fox News on Thursdsay afternoon.
A source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital the amendment included substantive input from Republicans. But it does not appear it was enough to immediately secure the 60 votes needed to pass the bill. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said that he thinks the delay is a good thing – a sign the negotiators are serious about seeing the bill pass.
in June in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. He said the court should"reconsider" its precedent on the issue. The effort to codify federal protections for gay marriage comes after the Supreme Court rolled back the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion.Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said in a solo opinion in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that the court should reconsider some of its other precedents besides Roe v. Wade.
Other Republicans who are less supportive of the gay marriage bill say that it is a fundamentally political effort by Democrats ahead of the midterms. They say it's not realistic that thewill overturn its gay marriage ruling based on one opinion from Thomas which no other justices joined. "The court decision stands," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said, referring to Obergefell v. Hodges, the decision that required all states to recognize same-sex marriages."I think this is all politics." Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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