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CommentaryAre you ready for a Manchin-Sinema presidential ticket?
No Labels, a self-proclaimed moderate bipartisan group, is mounting a third-party presidential campaign that will harm Joe Biden’s re-election.
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CommentaryLindsey Graham’s 10 gayest moments
Everybody’s got something to hate about Lindsey Graham. And he’s right where he wants to be.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s epic clapback at Joe Lieberman has Twitter laughing out loud
She’s Lieberman’s worst nightmare.
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U.S. Senate panel approves same-sex partner benefits for federal workers
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday approved legislation that would allow same-sex partners of federal employees to receive employment benefits.
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DADT discharges still discriminate; trio of U.S. Senators want problem fixed
In a letter Tuesday to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, three U.S.Senators have asked the Secretary to use his authority to streamline the process for those discharged under the repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law in order to expedite discharge paperwork changes and upgrades.
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House, Senate lawmakers introduce federal domestic partner benefits bill
Lawmaker in the U.S. House and Senate on Friday reintroduced the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, and said that approving the bill would put the federal government on par with Fortune 500 corporations that already extend full benefits to same-sex partners of gay and lesbian employees.
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Lieberman to sponsor stand-alone legislation to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Not more than an hour after key procedural vote on the Defense Authorization bill — which contains the DADT repeal language — failed Thursday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) sent out a series of Twitter tweets, indicating he plans to introduce a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal as “stand alone” vote this session.
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Gates ‘not particularly optimistic’ of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal this year
Defense Secretary Robert Gates joined the list of skeptics Monday when he said he was “not particularly optimistic” that the Senate would vote before the end of the year to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military.
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Lieberman, Senate Democrats introduce bill to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) introduced a bill on Wednesday to repeal the ban on openly gay service members in the military. The current law, dubbed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” calls for service members to be discharged if they disclose that they are homosexual. Lieberman introduced the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, legislation that would lift the […]
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Sen. Lieberman announces plans to introduce repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is expected to introduce a bill next week to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” adding an independent voice to the movement to overturn the 1993 law that prohibits gay people from serving openly in the armed forces. In a statement released this week, Lieberman said: “I will be proud to be […]
