UPDATE at end Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate-approved version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill, with a 286 to 138 vote, including 87 Republicans. From The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: (emphasis added throughout) The measure, passed earlier this month by the Senate in a bipartisan 78-22 vote, [...]
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Queer Talk: LGBT Protections Stripped from VAWA by House Republicans
Earlier this month, the Violence Against Women Act was passed by the Senate, 78 to 22. According to a HuffPo report, the bill had 62 cosponsors, and actually picked up “additional support from a handful of Republicans.” So, the next move was in the House, and yesterday, February 22, the House Republicans once again revealed [...]
Violence Against Women Act Easily Passes Senate Without Marco Rubio’s Help
I believe we should have re-authorized the existing Violence Against Women Act that has helped reduce the annual incidence of domestic violence by more than 50 percent, among other successes. I also continue supporting the work being done at the federal, state and local levels to combat domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking… [...]
HBO’s “GIRLS” has Conservatives Tied in Knots, But That’s Not All [Video]
Ep. 14: Preview THIS IS too precious for words. I just couldn’t stop smiling. And rolling my eyes. Then just gave up and started laughing. When Brietbart.com has a blaring headline like… IGNORE LENA DUNHAM’S ‘GIRLS’ AT YOUR OWN PERIL, CONSERVATIVES You know something big, fat an hilariously overwrought is going to follow. Because when [...]
Without Weapons, Wayne LaPierre Shoots Blanks
THE PRIZE in the current gun safety and control debate has always been universal background checks. It is the mother of all wins that nothing else matches, because absolutely nothing hits the target of gun violence more directly. Senator Dick Durbin took it to the N.R.A.’s LaPierre, who couldn’t figure out how to regroup. Mark [...]
Richard Lugar Deserved to Lose and Does
Republican foreign policy elder statesman Sen. Richard Lugar, 80, first elected to the Senate in 1976, was defeated in the Indiana primary Tuesday by state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who was backed by conservatives ranging from the National Rifle Association to local Tea Party activists to the Washington-based fiscal conservative group the Club for Growth. Mourdock [...]
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