With the bishops’ vote, Kreuter-Kirchhof said, “the whole Synodal Path came close to a failure,” not primarily because only 61% of the bishops approved it, but because most of the bishops who voted against it “never disclosed their concerns at any point prior to the vote.”
The hourlong gathering — a combination rally and prayer service — primarily involved faith leaders speaking of their admiration for the judge interspersed with prayers for her and encouraging the small crowd to join in “KBJ” cheers.
When the vice president has to cast a vote to break a tie in the Senate on whether to debate U.S. health care policy, let alone revise it — as Mike Pence did July 25 — it is obvious that passing legislation to repeal, and/or replace, and/or reform the Affordable Care Act is going to be a heavy lift in Congress.
