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Senate passes bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act
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Democrats are moving quickly while the party still holds the majority in both chambers of Congress to send the bill to the House and then to President Biden's desk.
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The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, putting Congress one step closer to passing the landmark bill and ensuring that such unions
The House would still have to vote on the bill and send it to President Joe Biden. A test vote Monday evening moved the legislation closer to passage, with 12 Republicans who have previously supported the bill voting again to move it forward.
The Senate is poised to pass landmark legislation Tuesday that would codify same-sex marriage rights following months of wrangling over religious liberty protections.
The Senate passed a bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, moving Congress closer to passing the landmark bill and ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.
The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, putting Congress one step closer to passing the landmark bill and ensuring that such unions
The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on a bill to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. The Respect for Marriage Act is expected to pass with bipartisan support.
While the bill would not set a national requirement that all states must legalize same-sex marriage, it would require individual states to recognize another state's legal marriage.
The Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act, which will enshrine some elements of the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision into law.
The Senate passed legislation to enshrine federal protection for same-sex marriages with a bipartisan vote that dramatically demonstrates the massive cultural shift in the US on the issue.
More than 20 religious groups penned a letter to the Senate on Monday to urge lawmakers to pass a bill that would codify same-sex and interracial marriage into federal law, calling the right to marry "a matter of human dignity."
Barring any unexpected twists, the legislation is expected to pass. Then it would go back to the House for a final vote before heading to President Biden's desk for his signature.
The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure that would protect same-sex and interracial marriages. Democrats' push to pass the bill comes while they still control both chambers of Congress.
Democrats are moving quickly while the party still holds the majority in both chambers of Congress to send the bill to the House and then to President Biden's desk.
By Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriage, called the Respect for Marriage Act, in a landmark bipartisan vote. The final vote was 61-36.
Bipartisan legislation to codify same-sex marriage under federal law passed the Senate on Tuesday with the help of a dozen Republicans, capping off months of negotiations between both parties over how to address religious liberty concerns.
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