pintail2222
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I say it is an overreach of Federal Government if a Repub POTUS & Congress were to make Abortions illegal.
I say it is an overreach of Federal Government if a Dem POTUS & Congress were to make Abortions legal.
Abortions are once again a State issue and should remain a State issue.
If Repubs take the House & Senate in 2024 along with the White House - what is keeping them from reversing it and making Abortions illegal by suspending the Senate filibuster rule as well?
Dems had their chance back in 2010...
His comments represent critical support for suspending a key procedural hurdle that has thus far prevented Senate Democrats from passing legislation that would make the Roe decision federal law.
Current Senate rules require the majority party to muster 60 votes to overcome the minority’s attempt to block the advance of a bill, an procedural action known as a filibuster.
And with the Senate split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, the GOP has thus far had the power to stop the slim Democratic majority from approving abortion bills.
“I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade into law. And the way to do that is to make sure Congress votes to do that,” Biden told reporters in Spain. “And if the filibuster gets in the way — like voting rights — we provide an exception for this. We require an exception of the filibuster for this action.”
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I say it is an overreach of Federal Government if a Dem POTUS & Congress were to make Abortions legal.
Abortions are once again a State issue and should remain a State issue.
If Repubs take the House & Senate in 2024 along with the White House - what is keeping them from reversing it and making Abortions illegal by suspending the Senate filibuster rule as well?
Dems had their chance back in 2010...
Biden calls on Congress to ease Senate rules to codify Roe v. Wade
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he would support a suspending the Senate filibuster rule to codify the constitutional right to an abortion as established by the Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 ruling to Roe v. Wade.His comments represent critical support for suspending a key procedural hurdle that has thus far prevented Senate Democrats from passing legislation that would make the Roe decision federal law.
Current Senate rules require the majority party to muster 60 votes to overcome the minority’s attempt to block the advance of a bill, an procedural action known as a filibuster.
And with the Senate split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, the GOP has thus far had the power to stop the slim Democratic majority from approving abortion bills.
“I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade into law. And the way to do that is to make sure Congress votes to do that,” Biden told reporters in Spain. “And if the filibuster gets in the way — like voting rights — we provide an exception for this. We require an exception of the filibuster for this action.”
Biden calls on Congress to ease Senate rules to codify Roe v. Wade
Biden said he would support suspending the Senate filibuster rule to codify abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade.
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