U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to advance the so-called Respect for Marriage Act (H.r. 8404), which "provides statutory authority for same-sex and interracial marriages” and revokes provisions that define marriage as between a man and a woman.
Numerous Republican senators, including Josh Hawley (MO), Marco Rubio (FL), Mike Lee (UT), Ron Johnson (WI), Ted Cruz (TX), and others have raised the alarm that Mitch McConnell's time in Senate leadership may be coming to a close.