The new Republican-led House plans to pass a series of bills in the coming days to impose new abortion limits and curtail immigration, setting up a confrontation with the Democratic-led Senate.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said most voters in her swing district, which is based in Charleston, oppose the overturning of Roe v. Wade. She said it’s a bad idea for the House to bring up those bills.
“We have been tone-deaf on this issue since the time that Roe was overturned. We buried our heads in the sand,” she told reporters. “We didn’t have any policy alternatives. We were not compassionate to both sides of the aisle on this argument.” Republicans have gained a political advantage on immigration in recent years, using it to stir up a passionate base of conservatives that wants limits on migration. Most voters indicated to pollsters last year that they prefer the GOP to handle the issue. Numerous Democrats facing re-election in swing states last year, including Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., broke with Biden on immigration as they faced anxious independent voters.
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