The Washington Post reports:
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that he is working to get sufficient Republican support for the Senate to pass a bill that would federally protect same-sex marriages. Republican support for the measure, whose Senate sponsors include Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), appeared to be growing Wednesday, a day after the House passed a bill with the support of 47 Republicans.
“I was really impressed by how much bipartisan support it got in the House,” Schumer said from the Senate floor. “I want to bring this bill to the floor, and we’re working to get the necessary Senate Republican support to ensure it would pass.” An aide to Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that he plans to co-sponsor the Senate bill. Meanwhile, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told CNN that he “probably will” support the legislation.
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Schumer seeks enough GOP votes to pass same-sex marriage bill https://t.co/yYllIykT8T
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Romney says same-sex marriage bill “is not something I’ve given consideration to at this stage” since he says: “I don’t see the law changing.” Lindsey Graham says he is a NO.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 20, 2022
Thom Tillis, GOP senator from North Carolina, told me he “probably will” support bill codifying same-sex marriage. Schumer said this AM that they are working “to get the necessary Senate Republican support to ensure it would pass.” pic.twitter.com/Xdi8pJGX1b
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 20, 2022
Asked about some of his fellow Republicans saying a vote on same-sex marriage is just a messaging exercise, Rob Portman told me: It’s an “important message,” and said: “I think this is an issue that many Americans, regardless of political affiliation, feel has been resolved.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 20, 2022
Marco Rubio told me that he is a NO on House’s same-sex marriage bill, calling it a “stupid waste of time”
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Ernst says she hasn’t seen the House bill but is “keeping an open mind.”
Asked if she supports gay marriage, Ernst said:
“I have a good number of very close friends that are same-sex married”
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 20, 2022
Tuberville says he sees no need for “legislating” on gay marriage.
But then he adds: “I’m all about live life the way you want to. It’s a free country.”
Do you support gay marriage?
“Yeah, if that’s what you want to do, fine.”
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 20, 2022