U.S. Senator Josh Hawley Speaks on Abortion
December 6, 2022 5:24AM CST
FILE – IN this Jan 15, 2019 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee committee member Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Attorney General nominee William Barr during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hawley is facing conservative backlash after raising concerns with President Donald Trump’s nominee to a high-profile appeals court. The Judicial Crisis Network on Monday announced plans to spend $500,000 on Missouri ads to sway Hawley to support D.C.-area U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Neomi Rao. Hawley on Monday told KFTK 97.1 FM Newstalk’s Marc Cox that Rao doesn’t have a strong record on abortion. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
(MISSOURINET) – Missouri U-S Senator Josh Hawley says he wants to stop Democrats from trying to push their agenda through Congress this month while they still hold majorities in both chambers. That includes an attempt to enshrine the right to have an abortion into federal law:
While Democrats held onto their slim majority in the Senate, Republicans will retake control of the U-S House in January.