TODAY: Senate To Vote On Advancing Marriage Bill

Politico reports:

The Senate is expected to vote this evening to end debate on a substitute amendment to the bipartisan marriage equality bill that narrowly advanced before the Thanksgiving recess with 12 Republican votes to clear a procedural hurdle. Final passage is still ahead.

The bill would ensure that the federal government recognize a same-sex marriage if it was valid in the state where it took place and the couple moved to a state that does not recognize it. That would also apply to interracial marriage.

Some of the GOP backers of the bill, which includes a bipartisan deal to include protections for religious liberty, are getting pushback at home. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) is under pressure fromChristian leaders who are asking her to “reverse course” and vote against the bill unless an amendment from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is adopted.

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Senate’s back at 3pm today from its Thanksgiving holiday break & will continue work on marriage equality legislation. Senators will vote at 5:30pm to advance Senate changes (Baldwin-Collins substitute amdt) to House-passed Respect for Marriage Act. 60 votes are needed. @cspan 2

— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) November 28, 2022

Hoyer told House Democrats in a Dear Colleague letter yesterday that the “Senate will soon pass the Respect for Marriage Act, and we must be prepared to take another vote on that historic bill to send it to the White House.”

— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) November 28, 2022