All posts tagged "senate"
-
ENDA to be considered by Senate before Thanksgiving
Legislation that would protect LGBT people from workplace discrimination will reach the floor of the Senate before Thanksgiving, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday....
-
Pennsylvania state legislators to introduce gay-marriage bill in House
Two Pennsylvania state representatives announced at a Thursday press conference that they plan to introduce a marriage-equality bill in the General Assembly’s lower chamber that...
-
Senate unanimously confirms first out gay federal appeals court judge
Todd Hughes was unanimously confirmed, 98-0, by the U.S. Senate Tuesday to the bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today,...
-
Bipartisan push begins for federal domestic-partner benefits
A bipartisan effort is underway on Capitol Hill to secure equal benefits for the domestic partners of federal civilian employees. While the Office of Personnel...
-
Simmering divide over ENDA’s broad religious exemption set to boil
Congress has returned to Washington after its month-long summer recess, and as a historic Senate vote draws nearer on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, lingering divisions...
-
Steve Lonegan says Cory Booker’s indifference to gay rumors is ‘weird’
The New Jersey Republican running against Newark Mayor Cory Booker for the U.S. Senate said Tuesday that it’s “weird” Booker won’t deny rumors that he...
-
Charlie Morgan Act pushes forward as VA continues denial of benefits
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen will push forward with a bill that would expand federal benefits to same-sex military families after indications from the Department of Veterans...
-
Hawaii congressional delegation unites in call for marriage equality
All four members of Hawaii’s congressional delegation joined in voicing their support Friday for passage of same-sex marriage legislation in the the Aloha State. In...
-
ENDA’s Democratic holdouts part of new coalition’s push for bipartisan Senate support
As Congress prepares to leave town Friday for a month-long summer recess, advocates are undertaking a multimillion dollar lobbying campaign to secure Senate passage of...
-
Senate committee advances Charlie Morgan Act
A Senate committee today approved legislation that would expand federal benefits for same-sex military families. According to a news release, the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs...
-
Committee votes to move LGBT workplace-protections bill to full Senate
Follow @JustinCSnow Legislation that would protect LGBT Americans from workplace discrimination took a giant step forward today as a committee voted to send the legislation...
-
Obama nominates two more gay men to ambassador posts
President Barack Obama nominated two more gay men to ambassador posts today, including the first to serve as ambassador to a G-20 nation. Obama nominated...
-
Delaware House amends transgender rights bill, sends back to Senate for final passage
The Delaware House of Representatives Tuesday passed a bill that adds transgender protections to the state’s nondiscrimination and hate-crimes laws by a vote of 24-17,...
-
Lisa Murkowski third Senate Republican to support same-sex marriage
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced her support for marriage equality today, becoming the third Senate Republican to support the right of same-sex couples to marry. ...
-
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...
