Senate Republicans Schedule Vote On Gay Marriage Bill

06.10.09 | FL News Team

The showdown in New York inches closer as Republicans plan to call the state Senate into order after orchestrating a political coup. Two renegade Senate Democrats sided with 30 Republican Senators to form a new coalition government. Republicans plan to call a same-sex marriage bill for a vote today as one of the new chamber's first orders of business. At the same time, Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith is planning his counter move after the political coup took he and other Democratic leaders by surprise.