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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called it "one of the most important votes we take in this chamber in decades." "For the first time in 50 years a conservative majority — an extreme ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters ahead of a vote on abortion rights. AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteThe U.S. Senate is expected to vote on May 11, 2022, on a bill that would ...
Senate rules require 60 votes to end debate over a bill, effectively making it the minimum number of votes needed to pass legislation, as a means to provide a check on the majority. In an era of ...
Committee consideration by House Energy and Commerce. The Women's Health Protection Act ( H.R. 12) is a piece of legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives, aimed at expanding abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). It was first introduced in 2013 by Congresswoman Judy ...
On October 21, 2003, the United States Senate passed the bill by a vote of 64–34, with a number of Democrats joining in support. The bill was signed by President George W. Bush on November 5, 2003, but a federal judge blocked its enforcement in several states just a few hours after it became public law.
Passed the House on October 3, 2017 ( 237–189) The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (also colloquially known as Micah's Law) is a congressional bill that would, in most cases, make it unlawful to perform an abortion if the estimated post-fertilization age of a fetus is 20 weeks or more. The bill is based upon the assertion that a ...
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday against advancing a bill that would have codified abortion rights into federal law. Senators voted 49-51, with one Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia ...
June 5, 2024 at 6:23 PM. By Moira Warburton. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bill to safeguard access to contraceptives failed to advance in a U.S. Senate vote on Wednesday, after congressional Democrats ...