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The bill, which failed by two votes in the Senate, would have codified the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide and eliminated pro-life laws at every level of government, including -- including health or safety protections.

Emphasis on this. right now, frankly, that was things like the infrastructure plan and still the presidents social spending and climate plan which the president says he would like to get done in the next couple of weeks. its going to be an uphill climb on capitol hill in order to see that happen. thats just the reality of trying to legislate with such thin majorities and splits in the congress, in the house and senate. thats what the house will point you to. i think something else the president ...

Direct impact on womens rights and womens health, if what happens it looks like is going to happen. >> senator collins, your republican colleague, wants to codify roe v. wade. what impact would that have? >> the idea that we should have a law that protects womens constitutional rights, i support that law. but i cant help but recognize that susan collins supported justice kavanaugh, for example, saying that she felt reassured that he was going to -- that he saw roe as set law, yet there was no in...

Shes working on a bipartisan manner with a couple of democrats as well as republicans, theres not a lot of details. it has said she opposes the bill that went through the house taking it too far. it doesnt justify roe v. wade. this goes back to something youre talking about all the time. the filibuster. there are not 10 republicans who are supportive of codifying roe v. wade. shes trying to show she wants to be a leader here but its hard to see how shes going to garner enough support to make wha...

Where well have to compromise with the senate and figure out what the senate can do and the senate has no majority and they need the vice president to bring every tie vote and so these votes will be incredibly crucial and the clock is starting to tick. we only have so many legislative days before the end of the fall calendar and theyve got to start moving here, but if theres anyone the democrats want in charge of getting this thing done it would be nancy pelosi. >> but eugene robinson, the chall...

Will use whatever he can. and there is another opportunity at the supreme court that will give them an opportunity to overturn roe v. wade. i think he should intervene and argue against whatever the state is doing. its mississippi and their restrictive laws. so there are things that we can do. at the same time what should be happening is that every state should be codifying roe v. wade has hawaii did a couple of years ago because thee laws are being enacted at state legislatures all across the c...

General to weigh in. i think he should intervene in that case. and argue, against whatever the state of mississippi in their restrictive laws. there are things we can do. at the same time what should be happening, is every state should be -- as why did a number of years ago. these restrictive laws are being enacted by state legislatures all across the country. and thats where we need to take the fight, in addition to qualifying the roe v. wade, in the federal law. >> lets talk about codifying ro...

Will sue when the supreme court acts. and i want the new york state law in place. >> dana: so who would he sue? >> dana, i have no idea what governor cuomo is talking about. i dont know how would you go about codifying roe v. wade by suing someone. what i think governor cuomo is getting at is a coordinated effort to scare people and mislead people about roe v. wade and judge kavanaugh. the reality is, judge kavanaugh has a track record of 12 years of faithfully applying precedent. he applies pre...