May 9, 2022: Democrats go on offense over abortion

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🗓️ 9 May 2022

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Happy Monday. Get ready for yet another week dominated by the debate over abortion rights, as the impending decision expected to overturn Roe v. Wade sucks up all the oxygen in Washington. Two major storylines to watch this week, as Democrats gear up to go on offense: 1) Senate tees up abortion vote — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to file cloture today on a bill by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) that would enshrine a statutory right to abortion nationwide. 2) Democrats seize on McConnell's national abortion ban remarks — Democratic strategists are salivating over comments Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made in a USA Today interview that published Saturday. Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by Farma.
0:03.3	Hey, what's a playbooker?
0:04.6	Some Raghuma Novalin.
0:05.8	It's Monday.
0:06.7	Democrats are planning to go on offense over abortion.
0:09.4	We'll take a look at what those plans look like.
0:11.7	It's your Politico Playbook daily briefing.
0:18.1	Your two major storylines were watching for it this week on the debate over abortion rights.
0:22.9	Number one, Senate tees up the abortion vote.
0:25.5	Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to follow cloture today on a bill by Senator Richard Blumenthal
0:31.1	that would enshrine a statutory right to abortion nationwide.
0:34.5	The move will set up the upper chamber for a Wednesday vote, though the roll call will
0:37.8	almost certainly fail to garner the 60 votes needed to clear the filibuster, as happened
0:42.3	to a similar proposal earlier this year.
0:45.3	Republicans are already previewing the talking points they'll employ as they move to filibuster
0:49.1	the bill.
0:50.1	As we mentioned last week in Playbook, the NRC is encouraging GP candidates to change the topic
0:54.7	from abortion rights overall to less popular facets of the issue where Republicans feel they can
0:59.2	win. And two, Democrats seize on Mitch McConnell's national abortion ban remarks. Democratic
1:04.7	strategists are salivating over comments Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made in a USA Today
1:09.8	interview that published Saturday.
1:12.1	In it, McConnell suggested a nationwide abortion ban was, quote, possible if Republicans
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