Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to put the same-sex marriage protection bill to a full floor vote quickly, after it passed the House Tuesday by a strong 267-157 margin, including 49 Republican votes.
While there aren’t currently enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill, at first glance it’s looking like it may become possible.
The legislation, which does not make same-sex marriage the law of the land, protects existing marriages at the federal and state level.
Reporters are polling GOP Senators, and finding more support than some may have originally anticipated. “As of today, only 4 Republicans expressed support/openness for codifying protections for gay marriage,” reports HuffPost senior politics reporter Igor Bobic.