Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Pryor, who has refused to voice support for same-sex marriage, just lost re-election.
Recognizing that passing an employment non-discrimination bill in the House won’t happen any time soon, 195 House and Senate Democrats are asking President Barack Obama to...
The Republican party of late has been waging a “religious freedom” crusade, claiming the right to discriminate is the foundation of the American dream. But in...
U.S. Democratic Senator Mark Pryor say he is “opposed to gay marriage,” and always has been. Pryor, who gave an interview last week, clarified his comments...
Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Johnson, serving the conservative state of South Dakota, just announced his support for same-sex marriage. “After lengthy consideration, my views have evolved...
212, or forty percent of the 535 voting members of Congress — House and Senate — today signed onto an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court...
U.S. Senator Bob Casey just took his name off the list of dwindling Senators who do not support same-sex marriage. Of the 100 sitting U.S. Senators,...
Congress engages in political brinksmanship on making a deal as the fiscal cliff looms within hours of the New Year On the eve of the New...
West Virginia Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate John Raese last Thursday told the audience at the Putnam County Lincoln Day dinner that no-smoking laws are the...
Democrat Earl Ray Tomblin won the West Virginia Governor’s race last night in a special election to replace Joe Manchin, who took Robert Byrd’s Senate seat...
Republican Senator Jim DeMint, as Rachel Maddow said Thursday evening, “has a frigging problem,” and is the one percent in the United State Senate who voted...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in another surprise juggling act with the lame duck calendar, late Thursday pulled the highly-controversial $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill and invoked...
With six you get eggroll, and with Republican Senators Brown, Snowe, Collins, and Murkowski you get sixty-one votes to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” That doesn’t...
The United States Senate at 3:30 PM ET today voted to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” 65-31, following a successful cloture vote of 63-33. Eight Republicans...
You remember newly-minted West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, the only Democratic Senator who voted against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal? Manchin, after the vote, claimed he...