Oct 21, 2009 2:58 pm US/Eastern
Same-Sex Marriage Vote In NY Back On Track
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
Gov. David Paterson says he wants to put a bill to legalize same-sex marriage to a vote within weeks during a special session of the Legislature.
The Democrat says the bill would be part of unfinished business from the regular session that ended this summer in a tumultuous power struggle in the Senate. The Democrat-led Assembly already approved its version of the measure.
Supporters have quietly been trying to rebuild a coalition of 32 senators needed to pass a bill in the chamber, which has a 32-30 Democratic majority.
Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos says there will be no formal GOP position on the bill. He says Republicans will be free to join the considerable, but not unanimous, support among the Democrats.
Paterson was sworn in as New York's 55th governor on March 17, 2008.
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