Tag: John Boehner
HRC Previews House Speaker Vote: John Boehner’s Anti-LGBT Agenda to Continue
HRC’s Congressional Scorecard suggests that the new Speaker will be just as appalling on LGBT issues as John Boehner.
Speaker Boehner Should Remove Hateful Anti-LGBT Lawmaker From Leadership of Finance Committee
Representative Garrett refuses to clarify why he is opposed to LGBT people serving in Congress.
New UT Special Attorney General Cites ‘Religious Duty’ in Decision to Take Anti-Marriage Equality Case
Gene Schaerr, a Washington, D.C. partner at the law firm Winston & Strawn, is citing his personal religious beliefs as the rationale behind his decision to quit his job and become the lead counsel on the State of Utah’s case against marriage equality.
Speaker Boehner Brings Hate-Peddlers to Capitol Hill
Buzzfeed reports that House Speaker John Boehner today secured meeting space for the top American supporters of Russia’s anti-LGBT laws.
ENDA passes Senate 64-32
Today, the U.S. Senate voted 64 to 32 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) for the first time in the legislation’s two-decade history. All Senate Democrats joined 10 Senate Republicans to approve the bill.
House Republicans Stick Taxpayers with $1.5 Million Bill to Pursue Discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act
House Republicans, under the leadership of Speaker John Boehner, have racked up a $1.5 million bill in their relentless pursuit of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) – and they are sticking American taxpayers with the cost.