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How senators 'defied political gravity' on same-sex marriage

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, accompanied by from left, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Pelosi, Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., speaks before signing H.R. 8404, the Respect For Marriage Act, during a signing ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. [AP]

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin was on the Senate floor, but her mind was on the other side of the Capitol.

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