Recent Posts Tagged With 'enda'

• Weekly Political Roundup

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 14:36 in Virginia, new york, California, new jersey, politics and law, employee benefits, domestic partners, enda, timothy kaine, don't ask don't tell, alcee hastings, empl

  First, the story that should be making the most headlines next week: A New Jersey Senate committee will consider a marriage equality proposal on Monday. The proposal could be posted for a full senate vote later in the week. Steven Goldstein, the inde...

• Weekly Political Roundup

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 19:30 in texas, catholic, Argentina, connecticut, washington d.c., politics and law, ama, enda, fort worth, domestic partnerships, employment nondiscrimination act, don't ask don't tell

  U.S. National News Democratic leaders said they plan to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) in next year’s defense authorization bill. The American Medical Association (AMA) passed a resolution calling for full repeal of DADT, saying that it &...

• Weekly Political Roundup

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 14:26 in michigan, washington, elections, new jersey, maine, politics and law, enda, employment nondiscrimination act, garden state equality, kalamazoo

  Elections As I’m sure you all know, we lost marriage equality in Maine. Everyone is writing about this. A few pieces of note are those of Jeremy at Good As You and Nan Hunter at Bilerico, who look at how the right won against a solid equality ...

• Weekly Political Roundup

  Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 16:12 in employment, new jersey, uganda, politics and law, jon corzine, eeoc, barney frank, enda, glad, employment nondiscrimination act, don't ask don't tell, doma

  U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced a bill seeking to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The bill is co-sponsored by openly gay Reps. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI.) and Jared Polis (D-CO), but not by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) , who says ...

• Weekly Political Roundup

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 16:46 in new york, transgender, arizona, iran, washington d.c., politics and law, tammy baldwin, enda, employment nondiscrimination act, jared polis, don't ask don't tell, doma

  Next Tuesday, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Jared Polis (D-CO) will introduce legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Lisa Keen has a nice summary of all the LGBT-related bills poised for action in Congress....

• Weekly Political Roundup

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 16:12 in texas, transgender, new zealand, iowa, politics and law, hrc, ted kennedy, el paso, enda, bilerico, edward kennedy, don't ask don't tell

  (There’s been a lot of parenting-related news this week, which I’m putting into a roundup for Monday. Stay tuned. Below is more general news.) The death of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) this week touched people of all orientations and identitie...

• Weekly Political Roundup

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 14:00 in transgender, employment, aba, politics and law, burundi, ted kennedy, enda, doma, defense of marriage, american bar association, defense of marriage act, employment non-discrimination act

  Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) introduced a transgender-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) into the U.S. Senate. Co-sponsors were Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Susan Collins (R-ME). The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates pass...

• Weekly Political Roundup

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 15:16 in transgender, politics and law, delaware, hate crimes, barney frank, ted olson, tammy baldwin, enda, jared polis, don't ask don't tell, doma, dadt

  Federal news dominated this week: The Senate Judiciary committee held a hearing on the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Attorney General Eric Holder gave a statement in support. There is some buzz that the Act will be attached to the Defe...