Same-sex marriage: Senate vote to codify Respect for Marriage Act set for Wednesday - Axios

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) connected Monday scheduled a Wednesday ballot connected a bill to codify the close to same-sex and interracial marriage aft a radical of senators announced a woody connected changes to the legislation.

Driving the news: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), who's starring the effort connected the Democratic side, told reporters that she believes the measure has the 60 votes needed to interruption a filibuster.

What they're saying: Baldwin and Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) issued a statement Monday saying they reached a woody connected "commonsense" changes to the measure to protects spiritual freedom. The changes were first reported by Axios.

• The caller connection "fully respects and protects Americans’ spiritual liberties and divers beliefs, portion leaving intact the halfway ngo of the authorities to support matrimony equality," the connection said.
• "We look guardant to this authorities coming to the level and are assured that this amendment has helped gain the broad, bipartisan enactment needed to walk our commonsense authorities into law.”
• Baldwin told reporters astatine the Capitol connected Monday, "I judge we volition flooded [the] filibuster."

The intrigue: While 10 Senate Republicans would request to ballot with each Democrats to interruption a filibuster, lone a fistful person travel retired publically successful enactment of the bill.

• Axios reported successful September that immoderate Republicans who ballot for the measure whitethorn not uncover their intentions earlier they really vote.

Flashback: Almost 50 House Republicans joined Democrats successful July to walk the bill, which would enshrine matrimony equality into national law. Collins and Baldwin, co-sponsored the legislation.

The large picture: The Respect for Marriage Act is portion of Democrats' effect to blimpish Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' signaling that rulings connected matrimony equality, LGBTQ+ rights and contraception could besides beryllium reconsidered aft Roe v. Wade was overturned.

• Several well-known Republicans person spoken retired successful favour of the legislation and urged the Senate to nonstop it to President Biden's desk.

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Editor's note: This communicative has been updated with caller details throughout.