House to vote on restoring abortion rights, Senate odds dim


              Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks as an aide puts up a poster depicting a quote from then Vice President Joe Biden during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing to examine a post-Roe America, focusing on the legal consequences of the Dobbs decision, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
            
              Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., makes a point as the House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the future of abortion rights after the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
            House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at her weekly news conference, Thursday, July 14, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.The House is expected to vote on two bills that would restore and guarantee abortion access nationwide. It's the Democrats' first attempt at responding legislatively to the Supreme Court's seismic decision overturning Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., leads a hearing on the future of abortion rights following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, left, and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., confer as the House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the future of abortion rights after the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)