Posts Tagged ‘House of Representatives’

Where In the World Is HB 4192!?

Background You may be asking yourself, what exactly is “HB 4192,” and that’s okay, because up until about a year ago when Speak Equal was first born, many of us who are now supporting this effort were asking the same question. So, before we launch into an in-depth discussion of HB...

March 10th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Frank: House on track for ENDA passage, ‘less sure’ about Senate

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is maintaining that passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act is still on track in the U.S. House, although he said he’s “less sure” about the bill’s prospects in the Senate. In a DC Agenda interview, Frank on Tuesday said lawmakers working on the bill were...

February 19th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Rhode Island sees two promising, progressive front-runners for its House seat

AP — The mayor of Providence, R.I., and a former state Democratic Party official are running for Patrick Kennedy’s U.S. House seat. Kennedy announced this week that he would not seek a ninth term. Providence Mayor David Cicilline says he’s in the race. In 2002, the 48-year-old attorney became...

February 17th, 2010 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More

Immigration Bill Excludes Protections For Homosexuals

House proponents of comprehensive immigration reform unveiled an ambitious proposal last week with much fanfare, but lost in the buzz was that their bill isn’t entirely comprehensive: They intentionally left out protections for gay and lesbian immigrants. A bill introduced earlier this year by Rep....

December 28th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites, World | Read More

House Passes Health Care Reform, Addresses Some Needs of LGBT Community

Many in the nation celebrated yesterday as news broke of the U.S. House of Representatives’ close vote to pass a historic health care reform bill. The months leading up to the vote have been tense and packed with emotion, as stories of verbally and sometimes physically violent town hall meetings...

November 8th, 2009 | LGBT, NewsBites | Read More