U.S. Senate

Sen. Richard Burr has criticized both the Charlotte City Council, and the General Assembly for going too far with what it passed.

The Republican senator from Illinois is doing his best not to look like an anti-LGBT, pro-gun Republican as he seeks re-election.

Narendra Modi refused to allow a gay American envoy enter his country, but he’s being welcomed here next week

But it’s unclear when the full Senate will take up Eric Fanning’s nomination to be Army secretary.

The Every Child Deserves a Family Act would prohibit any entity that receives federal funds from discriminating against adoptive or foster parents based on sexual orientation, gender identity or marital status.

Just days before the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has filed two bills to protect states that prohibit same-sex couples from marrying.

The N.J. Senator took to the Senate floor to underscore the importance of nationwide marriage marriage equality, and to tell the story of Jim Obergefell, lead plaintiff in one of six cases to be heard by the Supreme Court.

Eleven GOP senators, many of whom face competitive re-election fights in 2016, supported the amendment offered by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii).

The measures, known as disapproval resolutions, could in theory halt local laws passed last year by the D.C. Council and signed by the city’s mayor.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has re-introduced the State Marriage Defense Act, a bill that would require the federal government to recognize only marriages that are valid under the laws of the state in which a couple reside.