All posts tagged "U.S. Senate"
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Minnesota Republican who compared gay people to rapists is running for U.S. Senate
Fresh off his 2018 defeat by lesbian U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, Jason Lewis is now running against Sen. Tina Smith
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Victory Fund endorses Dan Baer in Colorado’s 2020 U.S. Senate race
The LGBTQ Victory Fund, the national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, officially endorsed Dan Baer, a former State Department official, for...
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Tammy Baldwin honors 50th anniversary of Stonewall in Senate floor speech
Senator also introduces resolution committing to secure equality for the LGBTQ community
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Senate narrowly confirms anti-LGBTQ judge Matthew Kacsmaryk
Repeating a pattern of behavior that has occurred over and over again during Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. Senate narrowly voted to confirm a judicial...
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Senate confirms LGBTQ opponent Howard Nielson to lifetime federal judgeship
Nielson once argued that a gay judge weighing in on the Proposition 8 case could not be impartial
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U.S. Senate confirms William Barr as Attorney General
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted 54-45, largely along party lines, to confirm William Barr as the next Attorney General of the United States. Two...
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Arizona governor appoints Martha McSally to John McCain’s old Senate seat
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed Tucson-area U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by Sen. John McCain, reports The Washington...
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Vice President Pence breaks tie to end debate on Thomas Farr’s judicial nomination
On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence used his tie-breaking vote to approve cloture, or ending debate, on the nomination of Thomas Farr for a seat...
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Senate votes to end debate on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination
Donald Trump's second Supreme Court nominee appears headed for confirmation
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Embattled Senator Bob Menendez attacks GOP opponent over past anti-gay comment
Embattled U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is pivoting to accuse his Republican opponent, Bob Hugin, of being both anti-women and anti-gay for comments he made when...
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Pro-LGBTQ groups run full-page ads urging senators to vote against Kavanaugh SCOTUS nomination
The Human Rights Campaign and the National Women’s Law Center have launched a campaign this week to urge U.S. senators to vote against Brett Kavanaugh’s...
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President Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court
President Trump has nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh , of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the U.S....
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Kim Davis’ lawyer: “We are a few months away” from overturning gay marriage
Mat Staver, the lawyer with Liberty Counsel who once represented anti-gay Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis, is bragging that conservatives may be able to overturn marriage...
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Senate confirms Richard Grenell as U.S. Ambassador to Germany
The U.S. Senate voted 56-42 to confirm Richard Grenell, an openly gay man and former U.S. spokesman at the United Nations under the Bush administration,...
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HRC endorses Beto O’Rourke against Ted Cruz in Texas Senate race
The Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who is up for...
