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Senate won’t take up Respect for Marriage Act until September

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By Lisa Keen Keen News Service Hope for a quick vote on the Respect for Marriage Act in the U.S. Senate this week has faded, but U.S.

Senator Tammy Baldwin said over the weekend that she has 10 Republican senators willing to vote for the measure and believes that vote could take place in September.

The U.S. House passed the Respect for Marriage Act on July 19, by a vote of 267 to 157, just one day after Rep. Jerrold Nadler introduced it.

Even though only three Republicans voted for the Equality Act in the House last year, and only two Republicans voted for an LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act in June, 47 Republicans voted for the Respect for Marriage Act.

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