“Codify the right to contraception in federal law through the Right to Contraception Act.”
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All three cited sources are reachable and each supports the ATTEMPTED outcome for this promise; every cited quote appears verbatim. (1) The Senate.gov primary roll call (Vote 118-2-190) confirms the vote was cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 4381 — the Right to Contraception Act — with a tally of 51 Yeas, 39 Nays, 10 Not Voting, cloture rejected; the record shows "Merkley (D-OR), Yea" exactly as quoted. (2) The Roll Call secondary source confirms "The Senate needed 60 votes to advance the legislation; the final vote was 51-39" and that the bill did not advance. (3) Merkley's own press release (dated July 27, 2022 — the same day the promise was made) confirms he and Wyden "introduced legislation that would codify the right to contraception," exactly as quoted. The evidence shows Merkley did what a single senator can do — co-introduce/sponsor and vote Yea — but codification failed because of the filibuster (short of 60), a normal legislative outcome and not any inaction or reversal on his part. This is a genuine effort that fell short: correctly not FULL (never enacted) and not NO_OPPORTUNITY (a real floor vote he supported). ATTEMPTED does not overstate the evidence; if anything it is conservative given he both introduced and voted for the bill. Upheld.
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