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Senate debates Respect for Marriage Act as Republicans may cross party lines to support the bill, acknowledging the need for legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriages.
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The full transcript provides detailed insights into the current legislative climate regarding marriage laws and the necessity of bipartisan support for progressive legislation.
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Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Beau again.
So today, we are going to talk about what we can expect from
the Senate in the closing days here, and one piece of
legislation in particular that looks, at this point, it looks
like it has the votes to get through a filibuster.
And we're going to talk about that a
little bit and go from there.
It is the Respect for Marriage Act.
Now, at this point in time, Mitch McConnell
is being incredibly noncommittal
about where he stands on this bill.
However, there are senators who have come forward
and they're saying, we are confident
that they have the votes to get this through
and get it over the filibuster.
Schumer has said that the vote's going to happen.
The interesting thing is there aren't a lot of people publicly going on record at this
point saying that they're going to support it.
By my count, as far as public statements, I don't know where these votes are coming
from, but that's kind of to be expected.
This is going to take Republicans crossing over to support a bill that will, in some
ways, protect same-sex and interracial marriage in the United States.
Again, yes, at this point in time, we need a law to do that because of the Supreme Court.
It's not uncommon during the lame duck period for politicians to hold their votes close
to their chest and not let anybody know what they're going to do because some of them may
be on their way out or they may have already been re-elected and not want to suffer any
backlash.
This is kind of a free period to engage in votes like this.
It looks like it'll get through.
I will go ahead and tell people this isn't a perfect bill.
It's a start.
A version of it has already made it through the House, so if it makes it through the Senate,
there will be the period where they work out any differences and then it will go to Biden.
And hopefully all of this can be done during that lame duck period.
Now later in the week we're going to talk about the idea that people get more conservative
as they get older.
And in case I don't mention it, just remember that at this point in time, because of the
aggressive nature of the Republican Party as a whole, we need a law to
protect same-sex and interracial marriages in the United States. That's
something that is like actually important legislation. Just something to
bear in mind when you're talking about the the current positions of the various
parties and where they stand on the scale of time.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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