All posts tagged "kirsten gillibrand"
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Senators urge Panetta to extend benefits to same-sex military families
Two senators joined the call for outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to immediately extend benefits to same-sex military families. In a letter sent today, Sens. Kirsten...
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Seeking Adoption Equality
On Monday, Oct. 31, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act – a bill previously introduced in the House by...
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Safe-Schools Funding Slashed
When Congress and the White House worked out their differences in early April concerning the Fiscal Year 2011 budget, it was clear that some programs...
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As House GOP Fights to Defend DOMA, Democrats Start Push for Repeal Measure
The decision of the House Republican leadership on March 9 to authorize the House counsel’s defense of the Defense of Marriage Act in court prompted...
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DADT Repeal Q-and-A With Lieberman: “We’re on a Very Encouraging Path”
[Photo: Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) speaks about the effort to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” at a news conference on Friday, Dec. 17. Standing behind...
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No Time to Stop
There's a strange and unsettling mood floating around these days after the shellacking delivered to Democrats by Republicans in the midterm elections. It's not unexpected,...
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Senate Advances on International LGBT Rights
An amendment that successfully passed as part of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's State Department authorization bill would increase U.S. monitoring of international violence and...
