Democrats scheduled the vote despite Republican opposition, hoping to highlight an issue on which the G.O.P. is at odds with the vast majority of Americans.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked action on legislation to codify the right to contraception access nationwide …

All but two Republicans present — Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — voted against advancing the legislation. Democrats, who unanimously supported it, were left nine votes short of the 60 they would need to take up the bill, which would protect a reproductive health option that many voters worry is actively at risk of being stripped away.

  • @RedditWanderer
    10•6 months ago

    “Let’s be clear what’s going on here,” Ms. Ernst said. “From the Senate to the White House, Democrats do not have anything to run on, no agenda that resonates with the American people. So instead they are fear-mongering in the name of politics.”

    Oof the projection is strong with this one.