Earlier this evening the U.S. House defeated a Republican motion to instruct conferees seeking to strip the hate crimes provision from the Defense Authorization bill to which it is attached. The vote was 178 to 234.  You may recall that in July, the Senate voted 63 to 28 to add the provisions of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes [...]
Today, the U.S. Senate voted 72-22 to confirm the nomination of Thomas Perez to the position of Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. His confirmation had been stalled since his nomination on March 31, 2009 by President Obama. HRC was an early supporter of Mr. Perez’s nomination and signed onto [...]
It’s official — today DC Councilman David Catania introduced a bill that would allow same-sex couples to marry in the District while allowing religious organizations to make up their own minds about what relationships to recognize. The bill already has the support of ort of ten of the thirteen Councilmembers. See our post from earlier today for more [...]
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