All posts tagged "harry reid"
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News Analysis: What Kind Of Day Has It Been?
Using the following statement put out this evening by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), here is some analysis of how I see today’s National Defense Authorization...
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Reid Says, “I Am Working” on the NDAA/DADT Repeal Bill; Collins Says, Not So Fast
On the floor of the Senate just now, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said, “I am working with Senator Collins, Senator Lieberman, Senator Levin &...
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Reid “Likely” To Bring NDAA Bill – With DADT Repeal – To Vote Tonight
This morning, Senate Majority...
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GOP Senators United for Tax Cuts, DADT Repeal Hangs in Balance
In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), all 42 Republican senators have written, “e write to inform you that we will...
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Obama Calls Levin With “Commitment” to Lame-Duck DADT Repeal; Reid’s Office Commits to NDAA Vote
This afternoon, White House spokesman Shin Inouye told Metro Weekly that President Obama had spoken with one of the Senate leaders of “Don’t Ask, Don’t...
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No Easy Pieces
Over the past weekend, the military leadership began weighing in on the post-election – and ever-narrowing – window for the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't...
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The (Military) Brass Tacks of Lame-Duck DADT Repeal
Over the weekend, the military leadership began weighing in on the post-election landscape for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Although the decision to...
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SLDN: DADT “Focus Right Now Is in the Senate”
Although — as Metro Weekly reported earlier — some analysts and strategists are discussing the impact of the loss of Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) in...
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Man in the Middle
As a young boy in New Jersey, just about yay-tall, Jonathan Capehart knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up: a television...
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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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DADT Goes Fubar
To care about politics is to be perpetually disillusioned. In the normal course of life, this isn't an indictment. We live in a democracy made...
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An American Dream
Imagine this: Your parents bring you here at a young age and put you in school. You are asked to learn a new language while...
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Senate Falls Short (UPDATED)
The Senate voted this afternoon, Sept. 21, to block consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes an amendment aimed at repealing the military's...
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Reid Files Cloture to Proceed on Defense Bill Containing DADT Repeal Amendment
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today filed for cloture on the motion to proceed to debate the National Defense Authorization Act, which contains the...
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The Hard Road
'Tis the season for hyperbole and panic. How else to explain claims from some LGBT quarters that absolutely nothing has been done to advance LGBT...
