Senate OK's Defense Bill Without Anti-LGBTQ+ Provisions, Setting Up Fight With House
Fights are likely over individual appropriations bills as well.
July 28, 2023
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Colorado Civil Unions Headed to House Floor
The state House Appropriations Committee today passed Senate Bill 11 in a bipartisan vote of 9-4.
March 8, 2013
House wards off veto threat with gay slap
By a surprisingly bipartisan vote of 224-200, the House on Thursday passed an amendment banning the use of federal funds to support D.C.'s domestic-partner registry. The White House warned that President Bush would veto this year's routine appropriations bill for the District of Columbia if it did not include such an amendment.
June 30, 2007
Senate Passes ENDA on Procedural Vote
With 61 votes, the U.S. Senate voted in favor of cloture on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, clearing the way for a final up-or-down vote later this week.
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November 4, 2013
WATCH: Boehner Sees 'No Basis or Need' for ENDA
The speaker of the House told reporters he doesn't see any reason to enact federal laws protecting workers from getting fired for being LGBT.
November 14, 2013
Senate Punts Marriage Equality Vote Until After Midterms Due to GOP
Democrats had originally been eyeing a Senate vote before this fall's midterms.
September 15, 2022
Marriage Equality Bill Moves Forward in Senate With Bipartisan Vote
The vote isn't final passage, but it's a key step forward.
November 16, 2022
BREAKING: Senate Approves ENDA on Initial Vote
For the first time in U.S. history, the Senate approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, by a bipartisan vote of 64-32, sending the legislation to the House of Representatives.
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November 7, 2013
Hate-crimes provisions struck from House bill
The chairman of
the House Judiciary Committee has eliminated hate-crimes
provisions benefiting gays and lesbians from a child
safety bill. The language had been added to the
Children's Safety and Violent Crimes Reduction Act of
2005 on a strong bipartisan vote last fall, but
Republican Congressman James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin used
a procedural move to get rid of it.
March 10, 2006
Pols, Activists, Allies Laud Respect for Marriage Act Passage
Beyond protecting marriage equality, though, more needs to be done to assure equal rights for LGBTQ+ Americans, they say.
November 29, 2022
What Senate Majority Leader Schumer Is Saying About the Equality Act
The New York Senator talks about the current chances of the LGBTQ+ legislation -- and how we can help pass it.
April 14, 2021
Minnesota House Approves Marriage Equality 75-59
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a marriage equality bill in a bipartisan vote following three hours of debate.
May 9, 2013
WATCH LIVE: Minnesota House Debates Marriage Equality
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a marriage equality bill in a bipartisan vote following three hours of debate.
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May 9, 2013
Activists Cheer House's Inclusive Domestic Violence Bill
The House passed the LGBT-inclusive Senate version of a bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act by a bipartisan vote of 286-138.
February 28, 2013
Senate Democrats Tack Hate-Crimes Bill Onto Pentagon Spending Legislation
The Senate attached hate-crimes legislation to a must-pass Pentagon spending bill Thursday, but opponents predicted it ultimately would fail. In a bipartisan vote of 60-39, the Senate accepted cloture, which ended debate on the bill, and then moved to approve the Matthew Shepard Act by a voice vote -- attaching it as an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Defense Authorization Bill. ''The president is not going to agree to this social legislation on the defense authorization bill,'' said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. ''This bill will get vetoed.''
September 28, 2007
Transgender Folks in New Hampshire Gain Support, Not Derision
"We can be like the opposite of what happens in North Carolina."
February 24, 2017
House Republicans are trying to ban gender-affirming care for youth in new military budget
The move has been called "discriminatory" by LGBTQ+ rights advocates.
December 8, 2024