Remember These Names: Three House Republicans Join Dems in Voting to Gut Religious Freedom by Voting for H.R. 5, the Orwellian Equality Act.
Remember These Names: Three House Republicans Join Dems in Voting to Gut Religious Freedom by Voting for H.R. 5, the Orwellian Equality Act. Posted on On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5, the Orwellian Equality Act. Three Republicans joined every single Democrat to pass the bill, 224-206. The bill now moves to the Senate, where it requires 60 votes to bypass the filibuster. It is unlikely that nine Republicans will defect on a bill that would eviscerate religious freedom. While eight Republicans voted for a similar version of the Equality Act in 2019, three backed the d...