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The Senate has fallen far short in a vote toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access into federal law. Wednesday's 51-49 negative vote almost along party lines.

The vote's failure renewed calls to change Senate rules and to do away with the high-bar filibuster threshold, at least on this issue.

The Senate has fallen far short in a vote toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access into federal law. Wednesday's 51-49 negative vote almost along party lines provided a stark display of the nation’s partisan divide over the landmark court decision and the limits of legislative action. The afternoon roll call promised to be the first of several efforts in Congress to preserve the nearly 50-year-old court ruling. President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass legislation that would gua...

The Senate has fallen far short in a vote toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access into federal law. Wednesday's 51-49 negative vote almost along party lines provided a stark display of the nation’s partisan divide over the landmark court decision and the limits of legislative action. The afternoon roll call promised to be the first of several efforts in Congress to preserve the nearly 50-year-old court ruling. President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass legislation that would gua...

The 2 Republican senators who support abortion access – Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska – have proposed a separate bill that would counter the Supreme Court’s action.

The vote's failure renewed calls to change Senate rules and to do away with the high-bar filibuster threshold, at least on this issue.

The vote's failure renewed calls to change Senate rules and to do away with the high-bar filibuster threshold, at least on this issue.

The vote's failure renewed calls to change Senate rules and to do away with the high-bar filibuster threshold, at least on this issue.

The vote's failure renewed calls to change Senate rules and to do away with the high-bar filibuster threshold, at least on this issue.

The vote's failure renewed calls to change Senate rules and to do away with the high-bar filibuster threshold, at least on this issue.