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Democrats continue their propaganda war, writing poorly written bills purposefully written so that they won't get passed, and then adding nice sounding names so that they can push propaganda when it gets voted down by people who actually care about passing decent legislation
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4708924-gop-leadership-race-mcconnell-show-votes/
Race to replace McConnell heats up over response to Democratic ‘show’ votes
Senate Republicans face a tough decision next week, when Schumer will force them to vote on a bill to protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) that has been written in a way that few if any GOP lawmakers could support without significant changes.
Schumer is bringing the bill to the floor even though he knows Republicans oppose it so Democrats can portray Republicans as extreme on women’s health issues and to highlight the ramifications of the Supreme Court overturning the national right to abortion in 2022.
He used the same tactic earlier this week when he forced a vote on advancing the Right to Contraception Act. That bill is sponsored by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Republicans said it’s full of poison-pill provisions.
It failed 39-51, with only two Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — voting with Democrats to allow the bill to move forward.
Senate Republican Whip John Thune has argued to colleagues that Republicans should block the Democratic bills from even coming up for debate on the floor.
He says voting to begin debates on these bills still wouldn’t give a chance to amend them, doing so would only drag out the process and allow Democrats to inflict maximum political damage.
“These are show votes. We’ve seen show votes before, and historically the practice on show votes is to vote against show votes and to point out that they are political votes that are not designed to become law.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4708924-gop-leadership-race-mcconnell-show-votes/
Race to replace McConnell heats up over response to Democratic ‘show’ votes
Senate Republicans face a tough decision next week, when Schumer will force them to vote on a bill to protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) that has been written in a way that few if any GOP lawmakers could support without significant changes.
Schumer is bringing the bill to the floor even though he knows Republicans oppose it so Democrats can portray Republicans as extreme on women’s health issues and to highlight the ramifications of the Supreme Court overturning the national right to abortion in 2022.
He used the same tactic earlier this week when he forced a vote on advancing the Right to Contraception Act. That bill is sponsored by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Republicans said it’s full of poison-pill provisions.
It failed 39-51, with only two Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — voting with Democrats to allow the bill to move forward.
Senate Republican Whip John Thune has argued to colleagues that Republicans should block the Democratic bills from even coming up for debate on the floor.
He says voting to begin debates on these bills still wouldn’t give a chance to amend them, doing so would only drag out the process and allow Democrats to inflict maximum political damage.
“These are show votes. We’ve seen show votes before, and historically the practice on show votes is to vote against show votes and to point out that they are political votes that are not designed to become law.”
