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https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/24/mcconnell-to-force-votes-on-abortion/McConnell to Force Votes on Abortion
February 24, 2020 at 8:35 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
After months of shunning legislative activity in favor of confirming President Trumps judicial nominees and a brief detour for the presidents impeachment trial Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, is expected to bring the bills up for votes on Tuesday. Both lack the necessary 60-vote supermajority to advance, and the Senate has voted previously to reject them.
But by putting them on the floor again, Mr. McConnell hopes to energize the social conservatives who helped elect Mr. Trump and whose enthusiasm will be needed to help Republicans hold on to the Senate this year, while forcing vulnerable Democrats to take uncomfortable votes on bills that frame abortion as infanticide.
Hugin
(33,032 posts)Susan Collins is in for a vexing day.
AllyCat
(16,135 posts)figuring out new ways to degrade and enslave women is so important that he has to push that right into the "do it now" bin. Republicans are scum.
Ohiogal
(31,895 posts)2naSalit
(86,308 posts)I think it will backfire.
Hugin
(33,032 posts)Only bloc they have.
IMHO...
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Botany
(70,442 posts)But after they are born, schools, health care, good food, clean environment, transportation, jobs, ....
Oh well.
BTW this is all kabuki because that crap will not pass the house.
kentuck
(111,051 posts)They always do.
babylonsister
(171,029 posts)JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)Here's a bunch of polls from 2019. Almost all put support for abortion rights in the 60% range.
http://pollingreport.com/abortion.htm
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)red meat for their base who are in the EC's states and red states. . .
Expect to see more of this from the partisan hack - Moscow McTurtle.
Progressive dog
(6,898 posts)and a promise of things to come if Trump is crowned in 2020.