By Liz Goodwin, The Washington PostSenate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer departs a news conference Tuesday after a weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill.
The vote is likely to be one of several that Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer tees up on reproductive rights as he seeks to protect a raft of vulnerable Democratic incumbents running in red and purple states this November. The Senate may take up legislation next week to protect access to in vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF, Schumer said after the vote.
In the GOP-led House, Rep. Kathy Manning introduced a discharge petition to attempt to force a vote on the same contraception bill, although it’s unlikely it would get the necessary 218 signatures to trigger a vote. The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent a memo to GOP Senate candidates this week urging them to express support for increased access to birth control in the form of an alternate bill put forward by Sen. Joni Ernst .
“They’re all going to be put on the record, every one of them,” Sen. Edward J. Markey , who sponsored the bill, said before the vote. “And in November, the American people will not forget.”“It’s a phony vote because contraception to my knowledge is not illegal. It’s not unavailable,” Cornyn said. “To suggest that it’s somehow in jeopardy should be embarrassing, but it’s hard to embarrass some people around here.
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