Senate punts same-sex marriage vote until after midterm elections
The Senate won’t vote on legislation to protect same-sex marriage until after the midterm elections, key senators said Thursday, apparently in a bid to give Republicans political space to support the bill without offending their base. The leader of the effort, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has been working this month on an amendment to the bill aimed at attracting more Republican votes to overcome a filibuster. But the necessary 10 GOP votes have remained elusive. “We’re very confident that the bill will pass, but we will need a little more time,” Baldwin told reporters Thursday. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said […]