Efforts to pressure on senators opinions on abortion are having little effect on West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin.
Schumer's plan to put senators on the spot politically could backfire with Manchin, however. The Democrat is looking to hold on to his support from West Virginia's GOP voters and may cite his vote when he's up for reelection in 2024.
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin voted Wednesday against a Democratic bill codifying the right to an abortion under federal law. Above, Manchin attends a White House signing ceremony for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on November 15, 2021."The American people are watching. The public will not forget which side of the vote senators fall on today," Schumer said from the Senate floor.
After the Supreme Court leak, a number of Democratic and Republican senators voiced their support for upholdingJoining all 50 GOP senators on Wednesday, Manchin broke with his party and voted against the legislation,
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