All Entries Tagged With: "Scott Brown"
Bill Nelson to support ‘Don’t Ask’ compromise
A key U.S. senator that those seeking ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal have been lobbying for support will vote in favor of a compromise amendment to end the law, according to his office. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) plans to vote in favor of the measure made public on Monday by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.), a spoksperson [...]
Brown: military operations a priority over "Don't Ask" repeal
Newly elected U.S. Senator-elect Scott Brown declined on Sunday to state his personal position on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and was seemingly inclined to oppose repeal of the law until he hears from “generals on the field” on the issue. The Republican senator-elect, who won a suprisingly victory Jan. 19 in a Massachusetts special election, expressed concerns about repealing the ban on [...]
State of the Union expectations
LGBT rights supporters will be listening intently as President Obama delivers the State of the Union address Wednesday night for some faint sign of the fierce advocate we were promised when raising money, knocking on doors and voting in droves for him. At the very least, the president must reference the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t [...]
Health care reform, LGBT provisions in question
Complications on Capitol Hill over health care reform are raising questions about whether the final measure will include the LGBT-specific and HIV/AIDS provisions advocates are seeking — or even if lawmakers will manage to pass any kind of reform. Lesbian Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), a proponent of LGBT language in health care legislation, told reporters [...]
Rewind: Week of Jan. 22
The loss of Edward Kennedy’s U.S. senate seat to a Republican and the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down elements of campaign-finance law have caused much anxiety for the Obama administration, Democrats and progressives in general. But does the LGBT community need to worry? On Tuesday, Massachusetts state Sen. Scott Brown defeated state Attorney General [...]
Hill insiders say Mass. election won’t derail D.C. marriage bill
Capitol Hill insiders say D.C.’s same-sex marriage bill, which is undergoing its required congressional review, should not be adversely affected by Tuesday’s election of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown to a U.S. Senate seat. “It had nothing to do with same-sex marriage — nothing at all,” said U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who is gay. Frank [...]
Political shock in Mass. as Brown claims Kennedy’s seat
Republican Scott Brown secured a victory Tuesday in the Massachusetts special election, leaving many LGBT activists stunned and angry over the loss of the filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate and wondering whether the LGBT agenda can advance in Congress. Brown, a state senator, won his bid to capture the seat previously held by [...]
Pinup boy wins a Senate seat
Massachusetts voters stunned political observers Tuesday by electing former pinup Scott Brown to replace Sen. Edward Kennedy. Brown overcame a double-digit lead by milquetoast candidate Martha Coakley, the state’s attorney general, to become the junior senator from Massachusetts. As a Maryland resident, I had a front row seat to what I’d considered the worst campaign [...]
NOM e-mail blast urges vote for Brown in Mass. election
The National Organization for Marriage on Monday sent out an e-mail blast to supporters encouraging a vote for Republican Scott Brown because of the candidate’s history of opposition to same-sex marriage. Apparently following up on reported anti-gay robocalls the organization sent out to Massachusetts residents over the weekend, NOM’s e-mail urges a vote for Brown in the Tuesday special [...]
NOM robocalls attack pro-LGBT Mass. Senate candidate
The National Organization for Marriage is apparently sending out robocalls in Masschusetts smearing a pro-LGBT Democratic Senate candidate for supporting same-sex marriage and encouraging a vote for the Republican nominee in an upcoming election. A supporter of Democratic candidate Martha Coakley recently relayed to DC Agenda a message from someone who said they received a robocall from [...]
English