All posts tagged "senate"
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Chiefs Provide DADT Testimony
Although the second day of Senate hearings into the Pentagon working group's report on implementation of a repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' brought some...
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Military v. McCain
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who in February told the Senate Armed Services Committee that his personal opinion was...
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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 on Senate to Act to Repeal DADT “As Soon As Possible”
In a statement just released by the White House, President Barack Obama commented on today’s release of the Pentagon working group report regarding “Don’t Ask,...
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Kirk Takes Office, DADT Repeal Supporters Hopeful for His Vote
In a ceremony on the floor of the U.S. Senate this evening, Vice President Joseph Biden swore in Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), according to a...
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Eight Days in a Changed World
During the next eight days, efforts aimed at stopping discrimination in two of the most traditionally conservative (and heterosexual) of institutions – marriage and the...
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Senate Sets Pentagon DADT Report Hearings for Dec. 2 and 3
The Senate Armed Services Committee, as had been suggested in recent days, announced that it would be holding hearings in the follow-up to the Nov....
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News Analysis: A DADT Repeal Tipping Point?
On Wednesday evening, Nov. 17, some were questioning Greg Sargent’s report that there could be 60 votes in the U.S. Senate to overcome a filibuster...
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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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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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Rep. Murphy, Sen. Feingold Lose Seats
Tuesday’s votes will lead to lots of changes, but the loss of two Democratic supporters of LGBT issues, Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) and Sen. Russ...
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The Senate: A Long Way From Sixty
It was not too long ago that the Democrats had — finally — seated the 100th senator: Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.). That magic 60-vote count...
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Election Day: Twenty-Five Votes of Interest to LGBT People
We’re now four hours until the polls start closing. I’m “on” now for the next 12 hours (plus some?), providing Metro Weekly‘s readers with updates...
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Obama on Marriage: “Attitudes Evolve, Including Mine” (With Follow-Up From Gibbs)
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs elaborated today during the press briefing on President Barack Obama’s comments on Wednesday to AmericaBlog’s Joe Sudbay about marriage equality....
