Senate Dems Eye Messaging Vote Against Dobbs Decision

The Senate will meet for legislative business today as Democrats look to move another bill on reproductive health. The Reproductive Freedom for Women Act (S. 4554) is void of any notable policy changes, instead expressing the sense of Congress that access to abortion and other reproductive health care should be supported following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The bill is not expected to meet the 60-vote threshold needed to advance in the upper chamber. In the House, lawmakers will take up GOP-sponsored legislation that seeks to require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, as well as overturn Biden administration regulations on sex-based discrimination. These bills will likely pass along party lines and are considered dead-on-arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate.