Harry Reid

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday filed cloture on 17 federal judicial nominees — including an openly gay appointee — that have been barred from obtaining confirmation votes on the Senate floor. [ Read more → ]

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans on Monday blocked efforts to confirm Mari Carmen Aponte, a Washington D.C.-based attorney, as the permanent ambassador to El Salvador, because, according to one source, Aponte is an LGBT advocate who has previously called for the "elimination of prejudices" against LGBT people. [ Read more → ]

In July 2010, Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) promised Lt. Dan Choi that he would lead the Senate to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Choi, an Iraq war veteran discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," gave Sen. Reid his West Point ring with the agreement that... [ Read more → ]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) unexpectedly pulled the omnibus bill from the Senate floor on Thursday evening, and instead filed cloture on the stand-alone "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" repeal, clearing the way for a Senate vote this weekend. [ Read more → ]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced this morning that he is likely to hold a procedural vote, as early as today, on a bill that would end the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on openly gay service members. [ Read more → ]

Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked efforts to authorize repeal of the military's ban on openly gay service members, voting unanimously against advancing the Defense Authorization Bill -- legislation that included the provision. The massive, $726 billion defense policy bill would have overturned the 1993 law,... [ Read more → ]

Pop star Lady Gaga has made a somber plea to U.S. senators to repeal the law barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. In a video released Friday, Lady Gaga calls on the Senate to repeal the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't... [ Read more → ]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) plans to schedule a vote next week on the annual Defense Authorization Bill -- legislation that contains language that would allow the Defense Department to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” [ Read more → ]