Republican Senator Blocks Sens. Murray, Smith Effort to Pass Commonsense Family Planning Bill
July 23, 2022
July 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), sought unanimous consent to pass her bill with Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to protect and expand access to family planning services--but Republican Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) blocked the . . .
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), sought unanimous consent to pass her bill with Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to protect and expand access to family planning services--but Republican Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) blocked the . . .