With Control of the US Senate, Democrats Make List of Key Bills | EWTN News Nightly

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With control of the US Senate settled, Democrats are making a list of key bills they want passed during this lame duck session of Congress. Government funding, election reform and raising the debt limit, to name a few, but a top priority is passing the same sex marriage bill, and protecting abortion access nationwide. After the US Supreme Court overturned Roe, and returned the abortion issue back to each state to decide, Democrats made abortion access a top campaign issue. Catholic Senator Dick Durbin, the Democratic Majority Whip, says the election results prove Americans want more abortion access, not less. He added that voters in 5 states - California, Michigan, Montana, Kentucky and Vermont - all passed support for abortion rights. Senate Democrats say they will continue to hold votes to codify abortion rights and repeal restrictions. They are already moving ahead to codify same sex marriage. A bipartisan group of senators say they have enough Republican votes to avoid a filibuster. However, Republican Senator John Kennedy says he's reading over the bill, but cannot find what problem the bill solves. Capitol Hill Correspondent, Erik Rosales reports. EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf