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BREAKING: Reid files cloture — Senate to vote on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal
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.
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No vote on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ tonight; GOP holding out until tax bill decided
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.
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Senate blocks debate on defense bill, halting repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
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, known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” only after a Pentagon […]
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Lady Gaga makes video plea for repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
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 Tell” policy, as well as her fans to get calling their […]
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Senate to take up Defense bill that includes ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal
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.”