‘Parental rights’: GOP warns Dem Senate bill is about more than contraception
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Sen. Rick Scott led more than 20 other Republicans in blasting a Democratic measure advertised as a contraception bill, which they said would have parental rights and religious freedom implications.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., informed senators on Sunday that they should expect to vote on a bill designed to protect the right to contraception during the week, and later announced that the bill was slated for Wednesday. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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"This is not a show vote. This is a show us who you are vote," Schumer claimed at a press conference Wednesday ahead of the vote, in response to Republican criticisms of the leader for scheduling votes on messaging bills rather than bipartisan legislation with a higher likelihood of moving forward.