Tuesday, October 6, 2009

GLBT News Headlines (T4T-6)

Hate Crime Bill Update: House Defeats Effort to Remove Language from DoD Bill
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 [...]
Senate Confirms Thomas Perez as Asst. Attorney General for Civfor Civil Rights Division at DOJ
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 [...]
Video: DC Councilman Introducing Marriage Equality Bill
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 [...]
Hate Crime Bill Update: House Defeats Effort to Remove Language from DoD Bill
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 [...]
Senate Confirms Thomas Perez as Asst. Attorney General for Civfor Civil Rights Division at DOJ
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 [...]
Video: DC Councilman Introducing Marriage Equality Bill
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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