Senate Republicans, led by Sen.Marco Rubio, orchestrated a procedural maneuver in the Democrat-controlled Senate to force a vote on S.J.Res.41, a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to overturn the Biden Administration’s 2021 final rule on the Title X Family Planning Program.
The motion failed by a tied vote of 49-49:
- 48 Senate Republicans voted yes, joined by Democrat Senator Joe Manchin.
- 47 Senate Democrats voted no, joined by Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski.
- Democrat Senators Chris Murphy and Ron Wyden were absent and did not vote.
The Biden Title X rule defies the law, which states clearly that Title X funds shall not “be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning”, and siphons tens of millions of taxpayer dollars annually in Title X funding towards abortion provider Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry.
Enactment of this resolution would have overturned the 2021 Biden rule, reinstated the Trump Administration’s 2019 Protect Life Rule, and prevented any future administration from reissuing the 2021 Biden rule.
