All posts tagged "congress"
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A Long Year — With a Well-Deserved End to DADT
On Jan. 27, President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to give his State of the Union address. In it, he said, ''This...
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Holiday Blues
I'd really like to stop writing about ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'' Some amount of political fatigue would be expected in any protracted battle, and if...
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The Republican Wave
Midterm elections often chip away at the governing majority's rule – sometimes casting out whole chunks of that majority. This year, however, a rough quarter...
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Bracing for Midterms
Despite significant disappointment – or even anger – from many LGBT advocates and activists about the lack of progress toward LGBT equality achieved in the...
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View from the Hill
On April 21, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) called Get Equal's protest of a hearing held by House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.)...
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Battening the Hatches
If the Republican Party regains control of Congress on Nov. 2, already-stalled pro-gay legislation would be dead — at least barring an uncharacteristically bold lame-duck...
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The Importance of the Timeline in the Prop 8 Appeal
Much attention has been paid to the news on Friday, August 20, the California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman (R) told the Sacremento Bee that she...
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Digging Into DADT Details (UPDATED)
After the White House signaled its approval of a ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' repeal compromise on the evening of May 24, organizations, activists and members...
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White House Signals Support
In a two-paragraph statement devoid of the strong arguments for the repeal of the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy that have been made by repeal...
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Souder's Swansong
On Tuesday morning, May 18, Washington awoke to news that ''family values conservative'' Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) – who came to D.C. as part of...
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Fighting Back
The difficulties of having a bill to repeal the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy considered by a committee whose chairman said only in January that...
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Shifting Timelines
Two weeks ago, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said the job protection bill that he is sponsoring in the House would be marked up and voted...
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Time to Tie the Knot
As D.C. enters its second month of same-sex couples being able to obtain marriage licenses, some wonder if – as with California and Maine –...
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Murphy's Law?
On Friday afternoon, March 19, a day before he was to be the keynote speaker at the 18th Annual National Dinner of the Servicemembers Legal...
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Sheehan's Stand
Since Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) first began hearings last month on the military's ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy,'' he's had many witnesses voice disagreement with...
