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Senate Dems weigh including same-sex marriage bill in budget stopgap

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Senate Democrats upon return from August recess are weighing whether to include a provision seeking to codify same-sex marriage into law as part of a measure that would temporarily continue funding the government as lawmakers hammer out the budget for the upcoming year.

Something senior Senate Democrats have been considering in recent days is possibly adding marriage equality to the continuing resolution, a Capitol Hill source with knowledge of the talks told the Washington Blade on Tuesday morning.

The news was first reported by Jake Sherman of PunchBowl News. Supporters of the Respect for Marriage Act, which seeks to codify same-sex marriage into law amid fears the U.S.

Supreme Court may rescind it after its decision overturning Roe v. Wade, have said they’ve been working on securing 10 Republican votes needed to overcome a filibuster in the Senate.

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