Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the chamber will likely vote on the Respect for Marriage Act in 'the coming weeks.'
The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on a bill that would codify same-sex marriage into law in the coming weeks, a move made that Democrats put off until after the midterm elections. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Monday said the chamber will likely vote on the Respect for Marriage Act in "the coming weeks"
The legislation will need votes from 10 Republicans in order to clear the chamber; at least three Republicans have already voiced support for the bill “The Senate has a responsibility now to act,” Schumer said in part, noting that a host of his colleagues have “worked for months to build bipartisan support for this legislation.”
The bipartisan group of senators called the legislation a “narrow but important bill” whose primary goal is two-pronged; first, to require the federal government to recognize marriages by law should they be legal in the state in which they were performed, and to “guarantee that valid marriages between two individuals are given full faith and credit, regardless of the couple’s sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.
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