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Tammy Baldwin: “The Respect for Marriage Act was passed in the Senate…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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GOP Senate Candidate CAUGHT DITCHING Speech for VACATION

Published | Video Starts at 19:39

And so one of the really amazing achievements in these very divided times was passing the Respect for Marriage act to protect marriages against a potential future Supreme Court, revisiting those … The Respect for Marriage Act was passed in the Senate despite needing 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. … conversation after conversation, one senator at a time, trying to find folks who wanted to get to yes. And needed clarification and needed. We did it. (19:39–19:52)

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