Schumer vows abortion law vote, but not filibuster changes

May 04, 2022 View Original Article
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"As stark warnings of an end to Roe v. Wade become the potential new normal in the U.S., the political fallout in Congress is certain to be far-reaching and complicated, a gripping new phase in the partisan fights over abortion access, religious liberties and the fundamental aspects of women's reproductive health.."
Positive
6% Conservative
"The Maine Republican said if the leaked draft opinion on abortion becomes the ruling of the court, it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office."
Negative
-60% Liberal
"Murkowski told reporters on Capitol Hill that if the direction of the draft becomes the final opinion, I will just tell you that it rocks my confidence in the court right now.Murkowski and Collins introduced legislation earlier this year to turn the court's longstanding opinion on Roe v. Wade into law and President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to do just that."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Murkowski told reporters on Capitol Hill that if the direction of the draft becomes the final opinion, I will just tell you that it rocks my confidence in the court right now.Murkowski and Collins introduced legislation earlier this year to turn the court's longstanding opinion on Roe v. Wade into law and President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to do just that."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Murkowski told reporters on Capitol Hill that if the direction of the draft becomes the final opinion, I will just tell you that it rocks my confidence in the court right now.Murkowski and Collins introduced legislation earlier this year to turn the court's longstanding opinion on Roe v. Wade into law and President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to do just that."
Positive
16% Conservative
"Murkowski told reporters on Capitol Hill that if the direction of the draft becomes the final opinion, I will just tell you that it rocks my confidence in the court right now.Murkowski and Collins introduced legislation earlier this year to turn the court's longstanding opinion on Roe v. Wade into law and President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to do just that."
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16% Conservative
"AdEven though Collins told reporters Tuesday her bill with Murkowski to put Roe v. Wade into law could have broader support, so far, there are not the number of Republicans needed to boost it to passage."
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8% Conservative
"AdEven though Collins told reporters Tuesday her bill with Murkowski to put Roe v. Wade into law could have broader support, so far, there are not the number of Republicans needed to boost it to passage."
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8% Conservative
"Conservatives have been focused for years working behind the scenes to undo the nation's 1973 abortion law, and Republican senators made judicial nominations their top priority during Donald Trump's time in the White House."
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8% Conservative
"McCoell then marshalled into place a Senate rules change to enable Republicans to bypass a Democratic filibuster and approve Supreme Court nominees on a simple 51-vote threshold -- going further than Democrats had done on their own earlier rules change to allow majority confirmation of lower-level posts."
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-4% Liberal
"What should be investigated and prosecuted is the fact that people who were nominated to the Supreme Court stood up and said they believed in the rule of law and precedent, and then at first opportunity, changed direction by 180 degrees and are going for a full repeal of Roe, said Warren, a former Harvard law professor."
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-6% Liberal
"Collins helped confirm both of those nominees, though she did not vote for Justice Amy Coney Barrett because the nomination came so close to the 2020 election, when the presidency was being decided and she also faced a stiff reelection race."
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-12% Liberal
"This is a dark and disturbing morning in America, Schumer said as he opened the Senate on Tuesday."
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-14% Liberal
"Instead, the Democrats shifted attention swiftly and intently on the chamber's two most prominent Republicans who support abortion access -- Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska."
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-14% Liberal
"Instead, the Democrats shifted attention swiftly and intently on the chamber's two most prominent Republicans who support abortion access -- Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska."
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-14% Liberal
"Collins in a morning statement pointed blame back to the justices themselves, personally singling out two of the three Trump-era judges, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, she had supported for confirmation."
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-10% Liberal
"Collins in a morning statement pointed blame back to the justices themselves, personally singling out two of the three Trump-era judges, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, she had supported for confirmation."
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-10% Liberal
"Collins in a morning statement pointed blame back to the justices themselves, personally singling out two of the three Trump-era judges, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, she had supported for confirmation."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Schumer said Republican senators will have to answer to voters in this fall's election -- signaling the Democrats prefer to fight the issue on the campaign trail than in Congress."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"One pivotal Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who talks frequently with McCoell, declined to weigh into the debate -- or whether he would be willing to rethink his opposition to changing filibuster rules."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Schumer said the conservative justices lied to the Senate during confirmation hearings when they assured senators the case that since 1973 has allowed abortion access was settled law."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer angrily denounced as an abomination the Supreme Court's leaked draft decision that would overturn the nation's landmark Roe v. Wade ruling and vowed that if it stands the Senate will vote on legislation to uphold women's access to abortions."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Schumer said the blame for this decision falls squarely on Republican senators who voted to confirm justices that solidified the court's conservative majority."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"The Republican leader Mitch McCoell complained about unhinged Democratic rhetoric and said the leak should be investigated and punished to the fullest extent of the law."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Such legislation would most likely require the 60-vote threshold and there are not enough Republicans publicly willing to join Murkowski, Collins and the Democrats to preserve Americans' access to abortion services."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"Such legislation would most likely require the 60-vote threshold and there are not enough Republicans publicly willing to join Murkowski, Collins and the Democrats to preserve Americans' access to abortion services."
Negative
-40% Liberal
"But Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., countered McCoell and the other Republicans who want to go after the leak."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"But Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., countered McCoell and the other Republicans who want to go after the leak."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"As GOP leader, McCoell stued Washington at the start of the 2016 presidential campaign season when he refused to allow the Senate to consider then-president Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland, for a high court vacancy, holding the position open until Trump won election to become president that fall."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"As GOP leader, McCoell stued Washington at the start of the 2016 presidential campaign season when he refused to allow the Senate to consider then-president Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland, for a high court vacancy, holding the position open until Trump won election to become president that fall."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"As GOP leader, McCoell stued Washington at the start of the 2016 presidential campaign season when he refused to allow the Senate to consider then-president Barack Obama's nominee, Merrick Garland, for a high court vacancy, holding the position open until Trump won election to become president that fall."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"AdMurkowski, who is up for reelection this year, did not vote for Kavanaugh after his explosive confirmation hearings over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman acquaintance during high school."
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-32% Liberal
"AdMurkowski, who is up for reelection this year, did not vote for Kavanaugh after his explosive confirmation hearings over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman acquaintance during high school."
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-32% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : As stark warnings of an end to Roe v. Wade become the potential new normal in the U.S., the political fallout in Congress is certain to be far-reaching and complicated, a gripping new phase in the partisan fights over abortion access, religious liberties and the fundamental aspects of women's reproductive health..
20% : The Maine Republican said if the leaked draft opinion on abortion becomes the ruling of the court, "it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office."

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