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Vice President Kamala Harris hugs Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, after Harris spoke to the media about a procedural vote that did not pass on the Women's Health Protection Act to codify the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Senate bid to save Roe v. Wade falls to GOP-led filibuster
By LISA MASCARO - AP Congressional Correspondent
Wed,05/11/22-10:46AM , 68 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate fell far short Wednesday in a rushed effort toward enshrining Roe v. Wade abortion access as federal law, blocked by a Republican filibuster in a blunt display of the nation's partisan divide over the landmark court decision and the limits of legislative action.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters ahead of a procedural vote on Wednesday to essentially codify Roe v. Wade, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Political reality: Congress can't save — or end — abortion
By LISA MASCARO - AP Congressional Correspondent
Tue,05/10/22-3:55PM , 260 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — After fighting for decades over abortion policy, Congress is about to run into the stark political limits of its ability to save — or end — the Roe v. Wade protections.
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Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. The traditionally insular Supreme Court is about to face the full force of public pressure and abortion politics. Justices are deciding whether to throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling. A leaked draft opinion suggests the conservative justices are prepared to overturn the 1973 opinion that gives women legal access to the procedure. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Abortion draft puts unusual public pressure on Supreme Court
By LISA MASCARO - AP Congressional Correspondent
Wed,05/04/22-11:47AM , 69 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The traditionally insular Supreme Court is about to face the full force of public pressure and abortion politics as justices make a final decision on whether to throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, April 6, 2022. McCarthy is downplaying secretly recorded remarks he made about Donald Trump shortly after last year's attack on the Capitol. He also says he never told the then-president that he should resign — something that has not been reported. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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McCarthy defends 1/6 audio, House GOP backs 'next speaker'
By LISA MASCARO - AP Congressional Correspondent
Wed,04/27/22-11:12AM , 104 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy assured colleagues Wednesday he never asked then-President Donald Trump to resign over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, defending private conversations that have spilled into the open and jeopardized his leadership.
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