WV's Senator Jay Rockefeller: Legislator of the Day
Bilerico Nov 03 09
Big news! The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has just announced its witness list. It's an interesting list that raises hope and questions, and I've uncovered some facts about the witnesses that you can see after the jump.
But meanwhile, down in West Virginia, longtime Senator Jay Rockefeller IV has been a quiet friend to the LGBT community. Perhaps too quiet. He has cosponsored a bill with sexual orientation and gender identity language, and he voted for the hate crimes bill.
He also voted for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) in the Senate in 1996, when it failed of passage by a single vote. Full story...
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