Schumer slow-walks marriage equality vote before midterms

With time running out to complete Congressional business before the November midterm elections, Senate leadership is debating whether or not to bring the Respect for Marriage Act – which would make marriage equality federal law – up for a vote.

Democrats have been on a winning streak this summer, passing landmark legislation including the Inflation Reduction Act; the CHIPS and Science Act, which accelerates high-tech American manufacturing; the bipartisan Safer Communities Act targeting gun violence; and the PACT Act, addressing military veterans’ exposure to burn pits and other toxins.

It’s a winning record going into an election cycle traditionally unfavorable to the party in power. With inflation coming down and poll numbers going up that indicate Americans’ growing fear of anti-democratic values embodied in the MAGA movement, Dems are hopeful they’ve got a chance in November to buck historical trends.

And political momentum will be a determining factor in Senate leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) calculations about whether to bring the Respect for Marriage Act up for a vote before or after the midterm elections.

“My impression is that the majority leader is eager to put this bill on the floor in September, and I hope that he will,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said in an interview with Politico. “In an election year, I hope this can be a sincere effort by the majority leader, and that he will resist the urge to play politics with the bill. But we are dealing with Sen. Schumer, so.”

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The title of the article SUCKS, which is why I also included a statement from Susan "I'm Concerned!" Collins!