The result was expected, but it marked the latest instance of Democrats homing in on an election-year agenda they hope will ding Republicans at the ballot box.
they hope will ding Republicans at the ballot box, which the GOP has dubbed the “summer of scare tactics.”
Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski were the lone Republicans to cross the aisle and vote with Democrats. Schumer ultimately changed his vote to no, a procedural tactic that allows him the option to more quickly reconsider the bill in the future. As further evidence that IVF was under threat, Schumer pointed to the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, on Wednesday voting to oppose IVF over the common practice of discarding fertilized eggs.
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