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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia

Schumer says vote to save Roe is not an ‘abstract exercise’ and ‘is as real and as high stakes as it gets’

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Democratic Senators’ vote to codify the protections of Roe v Wade is not mere grandstanding.

The Democratic Senate filed cloture, a procedure which limits debate to break a filibuster, on the Women’s Health Protection Act. This comes despite the fact that Democrats have only 50 votes and cannot break the 60-vote threshold to end a filibuster.

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