Senate Delays Vote on Bill That Would Make Same Sex Marriage a Federal Right

The bill was expected to come to a final vote in the Senate on Nov. 17

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)(C) speaks alongside (From L) Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), after a meeting with President Joe Biden about a COVID-19 relief bill outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, on Feb. 1, 2021. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Senate has postponed a vote on a bill codifying a federal right to same-sex marriage.

The measure was expected to be taken up by the Senate on Nov. 17 but the legislative day, the last before Thanksgiving recess, came and went with no vote.