The entire House GOP conference is now in support of an effort to force a floor vote on an anti-abortion bill.
All 212 Republicans in the House are backing a discharge petition for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would require health care practitioners to provide care to infants who survive an attempted abortion.
Discharge petitions need 218 signatures to force a vote, meaning Republicans will fall short unless they can persuade any Democrats to cross the aisle. Three House Democrats signed on to a similar petition for the bill in the previous Congress, but none of those Democratic lawmakers are still in office.
Cheney, for her part, did not vote, steering clear of the gathering altogether.
After the vote, Stefanik brushed aside the criticisms about her voting record, pledging that she’d fight to keep Republicans as one voice heading into the 2022 midterm elections, where they like their odds of flipping control of the House.
“The American people are suffering under the far-left, socialist policies of President Joe Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi
“We are unified, working as one team. … We are focused on putting forth policies and communicating them to the American people to beat Democrats, and we are going to win the majority in 2022.”