The bill would prevent the criminalization of traveling across state lines to receive abortions.
Speaking at her weekly news conference on Thursday, Democratic House Speakerannounced that the House would vote on, and likely pass, the two pieces of abortion rights legislation on Friday.
"We're already seeing the horrific consequences of the Republican's extreme agenda to criminalize women's health freedom," Pelosi said in a tweet Friday."has acknowledged that the Senate currently does not have the ability to codify. The Senate allows unlimited debate on bills, resolutions, amendments and other items, a tradition that senators can use to indefinitely delay a vote on such measures.
A filibuster, the Senate explains on its website, is"a loosely defined term for action designed to prolong debate and delay or prevent a vote." While a bill that reaches a Senate vote only requires a simple majority of 51 in order to pass the 100-member chamber, 60 votes are needed in order to evoke the"cloture" rule and bypass a filibuster. Because the Senate is currently evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, obtained the 60 votes needed to end debate on contentious issues like abortion rights is highly unlikely.
The Senate has the ability to completely do away with the filibuster with a simple majority vote, but two Democratic senators—Joe Manchin and
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