Scoop: Schumer cornering GOP on Trump IVF plan

• The IVF bill will hit the Senate floor over the next two weeks, a source familiar with the plans told Axios. Senate Republicans are likely to kill it.
• It is a re-vote on a bill that Schumer and Senate Democrats offered up this summer.
• Trump endorsed universal coverage for IVF treatments earlier this month.

The big picture: Schumer wants to turn up the heat on an issue that still divides Republicans.

• Republicans killed the bill, sponsored by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), in June. The legislation would establish a right to access IVF treatments and mandate that public and private insurance plans cover such treatments.
• Senate Republicans hoping to be the next leader of their party in the chamber next year wouldn't endorse Trump's proposal this week.
• Two Senate Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins (R-Me.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Ak.) — voted for the IVF bill when it was on the floor in June.

Zoom out: The tactic will also be a helping hand to Schumer's Democratic Senate candidates, particularly those running against two incumbent GOP lawmakers.

• Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) are facing challenges from Democrats in states where abortion rights are front of mind.
• Schumer has held these types of "show votes" over the last few months on abortion rights and gun control.
• Schumer has time to fill on the Senate floor while House Republicans find a way to figure out a stopgap government funding measure.

Yes, but: Some Senate Republicans bristled last time at how the party handled the IVF vote. They may want to deploy a different tactic this time.

• That could include voting yes on such a messaging bill and then demanding votes on their own political priorities through amendments.