Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.), running to become Maryland’s first female governor and first openly lesbian governor, will announce her selection of lieutenant governor late...
The Hawaii state Senate voted 19-4 Tuesday to recognize same-sex couples’ right to marry, all but legalizing marriage equality in the Aloha State. The Hawaii...
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake had just concluded a speech urging his colleagues to find ways to reduce the nation’s budget and deficit when Sen. Jeff...
Immediately after the Senate voted 64-32 to approve landmark LGBT-rights legislation that would prohibit workplace discrimination, President Barack Obama issued a statement praising the Senate...
The United States Senate approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act with a 64-32 vote Thursday afternoon. The vote on the landmark LGBT-rights bill comes 17 years...
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act has cleared its last hurdle before a final vote by the U.S. Senate. The Senate has voted 64-34 to proceed to...
Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed confidence Wednesday that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act will pass the Senate tomorrow, while blasting the chamber across the hall for...
Nearly 200 members of the House of Representatives support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, but the man who controls that chamber appears poised to block even...
President Barack Obama said in a statement he and first lady Michelle Obama are “overjoyed” by the Illinois General Assembly’s approval of marriage-equality legislation Monday....
Illinois is poised to become the 15th state, plus D.C., to recognize the right of same-sex couples to marry after a critical vote in the...
Voters of all stripes flocked to polling places in Virginia Tuesday to select the next governor who will lead the commonwealth, as well as voting...
President Barack Obama applauded the U.S. Senate for advancing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Monday evening, telling supporters at a fundraiser that progress is being made...
The U.S. Senate voted 61-30 to invoke cloture on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) Monday evening, setting the stage for a final vote on the...
U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud (D-Maine), a six-term congressman and the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor in 2014, officially acknowledged he was gay in a Nov....
Hours before the first Senate vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in 17 years, the bill gained its latest Republican supporter Monday. Sen. Dean Heller...