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Senate Republicans silence Elizabeth Warren for quoting Corretta Scott King
Warren was given a rare Senate rebuke for “impugning a fellow senator” and barred from saying anything more on the floor about the Attorney General nominee.
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Trump rallies right wing activists to support SCOTUS pick Neil Gorsuch
Right wing groups have been celebrating the SCOTUS pick, feeling it proves they will get what they want from a Trump administration.
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Trump’s Supreme Court pick will trigger intense pressure on Senate
Liberals will demand Democrats block the choice and the new president will urge Republicans to blow up longstanding rules to secure confirmation.
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4 reasons to be hopeful in the age of Trump
It isn’t all bad. Really. Here’s the silver lining.
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GOP keeps Senate control as Democrats fall short
Democrats had been nearly certain of retaking control but saw their hopes fizzle quickly as Republicans swept the board in last night’s elections.
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LGBTQ activists protest Kentucky Farm Bureau’s anti-gay policies
The Farm Bureau is one of the state’s most influential lobbying organizations and the annual ham breakfast was attended my Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul.
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After Orlando, Senate still refuses to pass any gun-control measures
Eight days after the horror of Orlando’s mass shooting, a divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns Monday.
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McConnell, Cruz among 57 Republicans urging Supreme Court to reject same-sex marriage
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz are among 57 Republicans in Congress who are calling on the Supreme Court to uphold state bans on same-sex marriage.
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Ky. Senate candidate: Gay marriage will lead to parents marrying their kids for tax benefits
WASHINGTON — A Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Kentucky said that same-sex marriage could lead to a parent claiming marriage to his or her child to gain tax benefits and other privileges.
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LGBT, AIDS cuts held off two months under ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
The legislative package that Congress passed this week to avert the “fiscal cliff” puts off for only two months devastating across-the-board budget cuts to federal programs — including programs directly relevant to LGBT people and people with HIV/AIDS — putting advocates in the position to continuing fighting for them in the weeks to come.