All posts tagged "al franken"
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HRC endorses Minnesota Senator Tina Smith in 2018 special election
The Human Rights Campaign has endorsed U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, who was appointed to the seat formerly held by Al Franken, who resigned amid sexual...
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Anti-gay Michele Bachmann may run for U.S. Senate
Former Minnesota congresswoman mulls bid for seat recently vacated by Sen. Al Franken
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Trump AG pick Jeff Sessions defends First Amendment Defense Act
Sen. Jeff Sessions, (R-Ala.) President Donald Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, has offered a glimpse at how the Department of Justice might enforce existing laws...
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Jeff Manabat: Dear President Trump
Dear President Trump, As an improbably-formed drag a cappella comedy troupe birthed at the height of the devastating AIDS crisis, The Kinsey Sicks witnessed the...
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Betsy DeVos: “I have never believed in” conversion therapy
Betsy DeVos, President-elect Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. Secretary of Education, defended her record on education and equality in an often contentious hearing before...
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Senate defeats LGBT student nondiscrimination amendment
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday evening defeated an amendment to an education bill that would have provided nondiscrimination and anti-bullying protections for LGBT children in schools. ...
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Legislation to protect LGBT students reintroduced in Congress
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are attempting to stem the tide of harassment against LGBT youth in public schools.
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Senate Democrats introduce LGBT-inclusive education bill
Senate Democrats are seeking to make protections for LGBT public school students law and part of the rewrite of the nation’s massive education bill. In...
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BREAKING: White House Endorses Safe Schools Bill and Student Non-Discrimination Act
The White House today announced that President Obama is endorsing the Safe Schools Improvement Act (SSIA) and Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA), two bills pending in...
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Spirited, But Not Yet Safe
On Oct. 20, many parts of Facebook and Twitter turned purple, as individuals, organizations, companies and even the White House changed their profile pictures and...
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Spirit Day Ends With News That Senate Committee Fails to Address Bullying in Education Bill
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) announced that the committee today reported the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act...
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Anti-Bullying Bills Up in the Air as Senate Committee Considers Education Bill Reauthorization
Today and Thursday, Oct. 20, the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is slated to consider the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education...
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Enemy of the Good
For many families, it's a cardinal rule for friendly relations to declare certain times and places ''politics-free'' zones. Few things can ruin a perfectly pleasant...
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True Sage
Caleb Laieski is determined. On Wednesday night, June 1, Laieski sat at a Dupont Circle coffee shop reviewing the day's meetings. It would have been...
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Teen’s ‘bullying suicide’ in Minnesota was likely heart failure instead: TV report
Lance’s father called KSAX and said he received a call from the coroner saying...
