US Senator Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Democrat, hais lus ntawm lub rooj sib tham xov xwm ua kev zoo siab pib lub hli Pride thaum Lub Rau Hli 1, 2021 sab nraum Wisconsin State Capitol hauv Madison, Wis. (Will Cioci / Wisconsin Watch)
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Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin nyob hauv Senate pem teb, tab sis nws lub siab nyob rau sab nraud ntawm Capitol.

Lub Tsev tau pov npav thaum lub Xya Hli tav su Txoj cai ywj pheej los tiv thaiv tib-poj niam txiv neej thiab kev sib yuav ntawm kev sib yuav tom qab Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Qib Siab tau txiav txim siab los thim tsoomfwv txoj cai rau kev rho menyuam. Thiab tam sim ntawd nws tau yeej ntau dua Republican pov npav dua li Baldwin - lossis lwm tus - tau xav tau.

Baldwin, uas tau los ua thawj tus neeg nyiam nyiam poj niam txiv neej senator thaum nws raug xaiv los ntawm kaum xyoo dhau los, hais tias nws "zoo siab heev" thaum nws pom cov pov npav tuaj. tau yog ib tug ntawm thawj Republican senators los tawm hauv kev pom zoo ntawm tib-poj niam txiv neej sib yuav.

“Koj puas pom qhov no?” Baldwin nug, qhia Portman cov npe ntawm Republicans uas tau pov npav rau daim nqi tsev - yuav luag plaub lub kaum os.

Portman, uas tau ua hauj lwm nrog nws ntawm qhov teeb meem yav dhau los, tam sim ntawd nyob rau hauv lub nkoj. Nws hais rau nws tias "Cuav kuv hauv," nws hais rau nws.

Nrog rau Maine Sen. Susan Collins, uas thaum kawg tau coj kev sib tw bipartisan nrog Baldwin, cov senators koom tes nrog Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., thiab Thom Tillis, RN.C., sim nrhiav cov Republican ntxiv cov pov npav tsim nyog. kom dhau Senate.

Nws yog kev siv zog ntau lub hlis, tsim kom muaj kev txhawb nqa ntau xyoo, uas lawv tau thov lawv cov npoj yaig senator mus rau senator, tweaked daim nqi kom nws txaus siab dua - yam tsis hloov nws yuav ua li cas - thiab sau npe tseem ceeb sab nraud cov phooj ywg los pab. Lawv ntseeg cov Republicans tsis ntseeg tias nws yog tus kheej, tsis yog kev nom kev tswv, kev rau siab rau Democrats thiab hais tias "lub ntuj yuav tsis poob," Baldwin hais.

Collins, uas muaj cov ntaub ntawv ntev ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm cov teeb meem gay txoj cai, hais tias GOP kev txhawb nqa hauv Tsev yog qhov hloov pauv. Nws tau hais tias "Nws ua rau kuv xav tsis thoob thiab ua rau kuv mob siab," vim nws tau hais tias peb tuaj yeem tau txais daim nqi no los ntawm Lub Tsev thiab Senate thiab kos npe ua ntej lub xyoo xaus."

Thaum kawg, lawv "tawm tsam nom tswv lub ntiajteb txawj nqus," raws li Baldwin tau hais, thiab dhau Txoj Cai Kev Ncaj Ncees rau Kev Sib Yuav los ntawm Senate. Thaum qhov kev xaiv tsa zaum kawg raug hu, lawv muaj 12 tus neeg txhawb nqa Republican - ob qho ntau tshaj qhov lawv xav tau los rhuav tshem cov filibuster hauv 50-50 Senate thiab dhau daim nqi. Lub Tsev muab nws zaj kawg Hnub Thursday thiab xa daim nqi mus rau Thawj Tswj Hwm Joe Biden rau nws kos npe.

Nyob rau hauv txoj kev, tsib senators - Democrats Baldwin thiab Sinema thiab Republicans Collins, Portman thiab Tillis - pom tias tus cwj pwm tau hloov nyob rau hauv kaum xyoo txij li thaum feem ntau Republicans tau qhib kev tawm tsam tawm tsam gay sib yuav. Tsis yog vim xyoo 2015 Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Qib Siab tau txiav txim siab ua raws li kev cai lij choj ntawm tib-poj niam txiv neej sib yuav thoob tebchaws, tab sis vim muaj coob tus neeg - cov ntxhais, cov tub, cov phooj ywg, cov neeg ua haujlwm - tau qhib rau gay thiab hauv kev sib raug zoo thiab kev sib yuav.

"Yog tias koj saib ntawm qhov pom ntawm qhov pom nyob ib puag ncig LGBTQ zej zog, muaj ntau thiab ntau tus neeg uas tau sib yuav nrog ib tug poj niam txiv neej sib deev thiab tej zaum yuav tsa tsev neeg nrog lawv tus txiv neej sib deev," Baldwin, uas tau ua haujlwm rau gay. teeb meem txoj cai txij li thaum nws nkag mus ua nom ua tswv yuav luag 40 xyoo dhau los. “Thiab qee txoj hauv kev, koj tsis xav ua phem, txoj cai? Thiab paub tias qhov tseeb tseem ceeb npaum li cas rau cov tsev neeg no. Thiab kuv xav tias qhov ntawd ua rau muaj qhov sib txawv loj hauv peb lub peev xwm kom tau mus rau feem coob ntawm Senate. "

Txawm li cas los xij, feem ntau cov Republicans tsis nyiam mus pov npav rau daim nqi. Cov neeg txhawb nqa yuav tsum nrhiav tsawg kawg xya tus Republicans ntxiv kom tau txais.

Hauv thawj lub lis piam tom qab lub tsev pov ntawv tawm suab, tsib tus senators tau mus ua haujlwm los nrhiav cov pov npav ntawd. Baldwin, uas tau hais kom cov neeg tsim cai lij choj hauv Tsev khaws tsab cai yooj yim thiab ncaj nraim, hais tias "tus cwj mem tseem tsis tau qhuav ntawm daim ntawv teev npe tseem" thaum nws tau sau cov npe ntawm cov neeg txhawb nqa hauv tsev thiab pib tham nrog cov tswv cuab los ntawm tib lub xeev, sau tseg tias lawv cov npoj yaig hauv tsev nyob thoob plaws Capitol tau txhawb nqa daim nqi thiab tuaj yeem muab lawv "kev npog nom tswv," nws hais.

Tab sis hauv kev tham nrog Republicans, lawv tau pom sai sai tias qhov kev txhawj xeeb loj tshaj plaws yog kev ywj pheej ntawm kev ntseeg, thiab seb tsab cai lij choj puas yuav nplua rau cov koom haum ntiag tug lossis pab pawg uas tsis xav ua kev sib yuav poj niam txiv neej lossis muab kev pabcuam rau cov poj niam txiv neej sib deev. Yog li ntawd lawv pib tsim ib qho kev hloov kho los daws qhov teeb meem.

Collins tau hais tias "Raws li peb tau tham nrog cov neeg tsim cai lij choj peb pom qhov qhib tiag tiag rau daim nqi, tab sis kev txhawj xeeb txog kev ywj pheej ntawm kev ntseeg thiab kev tiv thaiv kev nco qab," Collins tau hais. Nws hais tias lawv pib ncav cuag qee pawg ntseeg, nug seb lawv xav pom dab tsi hauv daim nqi yog tias lawv yuav txhawb nqa.

Ib qho kev txhawj xeeb tseem ceeb yog tias lub tsev teev ntuj lossis lub koom haum tuaj yeem muaj nws txoj cai zam se tau raug tshem tawm yog tias nws tsis ua kev sib yuav poj niam txiv neej. Collins tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog qhov teeb meem loj.

Tsab cai lij choj, uas xav kom cov xeev lees paub kev sib yuav poj niam txiv neej raws li txoj cai hauv lwm lub xeev, yuav tsis ua li ntawd. Tab sis Collins tau hais tias cov senators "xav kom paub tseeb tias nws yog qhov tseeb" hauv kev hloov kho uas cov tsev teev ntuj yuav tsis raug nplua lossis yuav tsum ua kev sib yuav. Yog li ntawd, lawv tau ntxiv cov lus lees paub txoj cai ntawm cov koom haum kev ntseeg thiab cov pab pawg thaum khaws cov lus qub hauv daim nqi.

Thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis, kaum ob pawg ntseeg tau txhawb nqa daim nqi, suav nrog Yexus Khetos lub Koom Txoos ntawm Tsoom Haiv Neeg Ntseeg hauv Hnub Nyoog Kawg.

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, ib tug mej zeej ntawm Pawg ntseeg Tsoom Haiv Neeg Ntseeg hauv Hnub Nyoog Kawg thiab yog ib tug ntawm 12 tus thawj tswj hwm uas thaum kawg txhawb txoj cai lij choj, tau koom nrog cov lus hais thaum ntxov.

"Kuv yuav tsis muaj peev xwm txhawb nqa tsab cai lij choj yog tias nws tsis yog rau cov kev cai ywj pheej ntawm kev ntseeg uas tau ntxiv, thiab kuv tau taw qhia rau lawv thaum lawv tab tom nrhiav kom sau 11 lossis 12 pov npav," Romney hais tom qab Senate pov npav.

Raws li Portman, Romney tseem tau thawb ntau qhov kev tshawb pom thaum pib ntawm tsab cai lij choj uas tau hais tias "kev ntseeg txog lub luag haujlwm ntawm poj niam txiv neej hauv kev sib yuav yog tuav los ntawm cov neeg tsim nyog thiab ncaj ncees raws li qhov tsim nyog thiab hwm kev ntseeg lossis kev xav hauv thaj chaw."

Tim Schultz, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm pab pawg tawm tswv yim 1st Amendment Partnership, tau hais rau pawg ntseeg ntawm pawg ntseeg txhawb nqa tsab cai. Nws hais tias nws tau pom tseeb tom qab thawj lub tsev pov npav uas cov neeg xaiv tsa thiab cov pab pawg txhawb pab txhawb nqa tau mob siab rau daws cov kev txhawj xeeb thiab tau txais tsab cai lij choj ua tiav, thiab tsis siv nws los ua qhov teeb meem nom tswv. Schultz hais tias "Lawv tsis xav tau kev pov npav hauv Senate,"

Raws li cov senators tau teeb tsa sab hauv, pab pawg ntawm cov neeg muaj hwj chim Republicans uas tau txhawb nqa sab nraud. Qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev siv zog ntawd yog Ken Mehlman, yav dhau los Republican National Committee tus thawj coj thiab tus thawj tswj hwm kev sib tw rau yav dhau los Thawj Tswj Hwm George W. Bush qhov kev sib tw xyoo 2004, thiab ib pab pawg uas nws yog nyiaj txiag, Centerline.

Kev tsom mus rau senators nyob rau hauv cuaj lub xeev, pab pawg tau ua lub xeev kev xaiv tsa, tsav cov xov xwm hauv zos, kev sib tham hauv xov tooj thiab muab tso ua ke ntau tshaj 70 lub rooj sib tham nrog cov senators thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm. Cov pab pawg tau tshaj tawm cov npe ntawm 430 tus tseem ceeb ntawm Republicans thiab cov neeg saib xyuas uas tau txhawb nqa txoj cai lij choj, suav nrog cov qub nom tswv thiab cov thawj coj hauv txee.

Mehlman hais tias qhov kev sib tw yog raws li cov ntaub ntawv thiab kev xaiv tsa uas qhia txog kev txhawb nqa ntau ntxiv rau kev sib yuav gay. Ntau tshaj li ob feem peb ntawm cov pej xeem tam sim no txhawb cov koom haum.

Mehlman hais tias "Cov neeg xaiv tsa hauv nruab nrab tau txhawb nqa txoj kev ywj pheej sib yuav, thiab cov lej ntawd tau nce ntxiv nyob rau xyoo tas los no," Mehlman hais. "Cov neeg pov npav tau txhawb nqa thiab feem ntau ua ntej ntawm cov nom tswv ntawm cov lus nug no."

Tab sis txawm tias cov neeg txhawb nqa tau nthuav tawm, nws tsis paub meej yog tias cov senators tau pov npav. Baldwin hais tias ntau tus Republicans uas nws tau tham nrog tsis ntseeg ntawm Senate Feem Ntau Tus Thawj Coj Chuck Schumer qhov kev mob siab rau ze rau kev xaiv tsa nruab nrab.

Yog li Baldwin thiab lwm tus thawj tswj hwm tau ntsib Schumer thaum nruab nrab Lub Cuaj Hli thiab hais rau nws tias lawv yuav tsum ncua sijhawm pov npav mus txog tom qab kev xaiv tsa. Nws hais tias nws yog "kev poob siab," thiab nws paub tias nws thiab Schumer yuav raug thawb rov qab los ntawm cov pab pawg uas xav kom lawv yuam cov lus nug hauv pem teb. Tab sis nws tau sib cav tias nws yog qhov yuav tsum ua, thiab Schumer pom zoo. "Kuv tso siab rau koj cov suav," nws hais tias nws hais rau nws.

Thaum Senate rov qab los tom qab kev xaiv tsa, nrog Senate Democrats tau yeej feem ntau, Schumer tshaj tawm tias lawv yuav tuav pov npav tam sim ntawm daim nqi sib yuav. Txog thaum ntawd, Baldwin thiab lwm tus xav paub ntau ntxiv txog qhov yeej - thiab thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 16, kaum ob Republicans tau pov npav tias yog nyob rau hauv kev pov npav tseem ceeb kom mus tom ntej.

Ntxiv rau Collins, Romney, Portman thiab Tillis, Republicans txhawb txoj cai yog Richard Burr ntawm North Carolina, Todd Young ntawm Indiana, Shelley Moore Capito ntawm West Virginia, Joni Ernst ntawm Iowa, Roy Blunt ntawm Missouri, Cynthia Lummis ntawm Wyoming thiab Lisa Murkowski thiab Dan Sullivan ntawm Alaska.

Tom qab ntawd pov npav, raws li Senate tau tawm hauv lub nroog rau Thanksgiving, qee pawg neeg saib xyuas tau tawm tsam tsab cai. Thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 23, Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Heritage tau tshaj tawm qhov kev tshaj tawm tshiab $ 1.3 lab.

"Liberals tau nrawm nrawm rau hauv lawv cov txheej txheem sab laug sab laug, thiab ob peb Republican senators tau pab lawv," qhov tshaj tawm tau hais.

Tab sis cov neeg txhawb nqa tau tuav ruaj khov txawm tias muaj kev kub ntxhov, thiab tsab cai lij choj dhau los ntawm Senate thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 30. Raws li lub yob hu ua, Baldwin teared, puag Schumer thiab lwm tus.

Baldwin hais tom qab ntawd hais tias, "Qhov uas ua rau kuv choked yog txhua lub sijhawm muaj ib tus neeg tuaj thiab hais tias qhov no tseem ceeb rau kuv," Baldwin hais tom qab ntawd los ntawm kua muag.

Saib rov qab rau nws plaub xyoos ntawm kev tawm tswv yim - nws tau raug xaiv los ua haujlwm hauv zej zog hauv nruab nrab xyoo 1980s, tom qab nws tau tawm los ua gay - nws hais tias nws ib txwm xav tias nws yuav nyob kom pom kev sib luag ntawm kev sib yuav.

"Kuv tsis xav tsis thoob tias peb yeej qhov ntawd hauv tsev hais plaub," nws hais. "Tab sis kev tiv thaiv nws hauv lub cev tsim cai yog qhov loj."

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