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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia

Schumer says he wants to bring gay marriage to Senate floor for a vote after House passage

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that he wants to bring legislation to protect marriage equality to a vote, after the House passed it on a bipartisan basis.

Every House Democrat and 47 House Republicans voted for the Respect for Marriage Act on Tuesday, which came in direct response to Justice Clarence Thomas’s suggestion that the Supreme Court “reconsider all of this court’s substantive due process precedents” when it overturned Roe v Wade last month.

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