The House is set to vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, a direct confrontation with the Supreme Court.
Approval of interracial marriage in the U.S. hit a six-decade high at 94% in September, according to Gallup.
For Republicans in Congress the Trump-era confirmation of conservative justices to the Supreme Court fulfilled a long-term GOP goal of revisiting many social, environmental and regulatory issues the party has been unable to tackle on its own by passing bills that could be signed into law. But last month, in doing away with the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to an abortion, the conservative court majority put in place during the Trump era left critics concerned there may be more to come.
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