House Democratic leadership agreed to bring to the floor Tuesday a Senate-passed bill that provides protection for U.S. Supreme Court justices.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, confirmed the bill’s vote, but would not indicate whether it would include Democrats’ own modifications that expand protections to court employees and their families.
The upper chamber passed its legislation on May 10 when protesters gathered in front of conservative Supreme Court justices’ homes following the unprecedented anonymous leak of a draft opinion that would have overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision.
Senate Republicans do not support expanding the legislation, which initially passed the upper chamber by voice vote, to include the family members of Supreme Court personnel.