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Whoops: Did Texas Ban All Marriages?

Google Gay Marriage News / Austinist  less than a day ago

Dallas Voice Whoops: Did Texas Ban All Marriages?AustinistConservatives can sleep soundly knowing the fight for gay marriage is not returning to Texas shores—at least not entirely.
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Good News or Bad Ideas? States Re-examine Marriage Amendments

Google Gay Marriage News / Huffington Post (blog)  less than a day ago

Dallas Voice Good News or Bad Ideas? States Re-examine Marriage AmendmentsHuffington Post (blog)Since the LGBT community has put such a premium on our marriage rights, politicians are now clamoring to prove how gay friendly they are because they .
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Weekly ENDA Update: Could A House Vote Be Next Week?

Bilerico  5 days ago

U.S. Representative George Miller, Democrat of California's 7th Congressional District, is the Chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor, and a supporter of H.
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Committee will vote next week on ENDA

Qnews  Nov 12 09

HRC Back Story, the blog of the Human Rights Campaign, reports that a key committee vote has now been scheduled for Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
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AMA Opposes 'Don't Ask Don't Tell,' Says Gay Marriage Bans are Unhealthy

Google Gay Marriage News / CitizenLink  Nov 11 09

KIDK AMA Opposes 'Don't Ask Don't Tell,' Says Gay Marriage Bans are UnhealthyCitizenLinkThe group also made a declaration that state marriage amendments are bad for people's health.
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Pro-life congressmen taking abortion money?

America Blog  Nov 08 09

Say it ain't so. But it just may be true.The House passed the anti-choice Stupak amendment last night.
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Why is Obama helping to roll back post-Enron reforms?

America Blog  Nov 04 09

C'mon, this is getting silly. Since more than half of the public companies are below the $75 million mark, this has potential to be very damaging to investors who are already beaten down.
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Everything you always wanted to know about "cloture" but were afraid to ask

America Blog  Oct 29 09

Matt Browner-Hamlin at SEIU does a great job explaining what "cloture" is in the Senate, also known as breaking a filibuster.
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Live blogging blog call with Speaker Pelosi about health care reform

America Blog  Oct 29 09

House Speaker Pelosi has invited a number of us on a blog call with her, happening right now. Here is my live blog.
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Just because they say they don't like the bill, doesn't mean they'll vote for a filibuster

America Blog  Oct 28 09

SEIU compiled some compelling examples of how Democratic Senator Evan Bayh (D-OH) has voted for cloture (i.
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Republicans "Unable to mount a filibuster on their own," but still trying to kill health insurance reform with scare tactics

America Blog  Oct 19 09

The GOPers on the Hill are all excited about their newest strategy to kill health care reform. They're going to scare people about what is in the legislation.
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Personal Reflections from the National Equality March

Bilerico  Oct 13 09

Only time will tell exactly what effect the National Equality March in DC will have. Will the crowds move from the streets of the Capitol back to their home states and districts? I hope so.
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Gay Marriage Ban Fails In El Salvador

On Top Magazine  Oct 02 09

Lawmakers have voted against amendments that would have banned gay marriage and prohibited adoption by gay men and lesbians in El Salvador
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Rich People With No Health Insurance Worries Vote On Public Option Today

Pams House blend  Sep 29 09

Just sayin'- and frankly, this is about as much of this gobbledy-gook as I'm able to understand...

Apparently I'm not alone.
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Senate Democrats Plan to Force Vote on Public Option

Rod Online  Sep 29 09

Today is the the Public Option Day. Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee plan to put their Democratic colleagues on the spot today when they offer amendments that allow uninsured Americans the opportunity to join a government insurance program.
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Public Option update

America Blog  Sep 26 09

McJoan over at DKos has a good update as to where the public option stands in the Senate Finance Committee (that committee is currently in the middle of its mark-up, which basically means they're debating, and voting on, amendments and after that's done they'll vote on whether to send the bill to the full Senate).
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RachelWatch: Slow and Unsteady

365 Business and Technology  Sep 25 09

Talking to Death Rachel started us off with the news that today is going to be an exciting day for health care reform, assuming you can count deliberate foot-dragging and obstructionism as “exciting”.
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Monday Morning Open Thread

America Blog  Sep 21 09

Good morning.This will be a big week for the prospects of real health insurance reform. The Senate Finance Committee is going to start the mark up of the bill introduced by Max Baucus.
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FTC to ban robocalls starting September 1*

America Blog  Aug 27 09

*Except politicians, banks, insurance companies, phone companies, surveys, some health care messages.
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Homophobia Wins OUT in Methodist Church

Gay Agenda  Aug 02 09

According to a post on USA Today: United Methodists have defeated amendments that would have made church membership open to all Christians regardless of sexual orientation and furthered the creation of a new, U.
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