Hello, and welcome to another edition of the Byron York Show, the No-Chit-Chap Podcast.

We'd like to get right into it, and we're going to get into today is the question of

math and politics.

That is, how can you tell when you have more votes than the other guys?

A late on Wednesday afternoon, President Joe Biden tweeted his frustration over the Senate's

failure to pass a Democratic bill that they call the Women's Health Protection Act.

The Women's Health Protection Act would codify Roe v. Wade, and it would do more.

It would forbid states from passing laws in the future to limit or restrict abortion.

So that's what the Women's Health Protection Act would do, and the Senate did not pass

it.

So this is what the President tweeted.

As fundamental rights are at risk at the Supreme Court, Senate Republicans have blocked

passage of the Women's Health Protection Act.

They have chosen to stand in the way of Americans' rights to make the most personal decisions

about their own bodies, families, and lives.

Okay, so Republicans have blocked passage of the Women's Health Protection Act.

So where to begin?

Just start with the actual Senate vote.

It was a cloture vote, meaning it was on the subject of ending debate and moving forward

to a final vote rather than being the final vote itself.

Okay, so as a cloture vote, the Senate has a 60-vote threshold filibuster rule.

It had to achieve 60 votes to move forward.

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