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The US Senate is delaying its vote on legislation that will protect same-sex marriage until after the November mid-term elections. This is to allow Republicans some political breathing room to support the bill without offending their support bases.Leading Democratic negotiator on the bill, Senator Tammy Baldwin is confident that the bill will pass if Republicans are given time.“We’re very confident that the bill will pass, but we will need a little more time,” she told CNN.The decision to delay the vote comes after many weeks spent in bipartisan negotiations as a small group of senators had tried to reassure any concerns Republican senators had as a way to gain their support on the bill.The Respect for Marriage Act seeks to codify same-sex and interracial marriages whilst repealing the Defense of Marriage Act, which only recognises marriage in the US between a man and a woman.Senator Susan Collins has stated that the amendment would “make it clear” that the bill will not “legalise polyamorous marriages” or force churches to perform “same-sex marriages.”“I think we’re in very good shape, very good shape.

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars winner, Michaels started dressing up as Cher nearly 30 years ago “kind of on a fluke,” he once told Metro Weekly.Since then, he’s met and interacted with the diva on multiple occasions, including at her concert at Las Vegas’s Coliseum where he sat in the front row. “She’s real fun,” Michaels recounted years ago.

The DGA and IATSE are praising Congress for passing the Respect for Marriage Act, which ensures federal recognition of same-sex and interracial unions.

A bipartisan group of senators expressed confidence that they have the votes to pass legislation to protect same-sex marriage amid concerns that some future Supreme Court decision would rollback nationwide rights.

Former President Barack Obama is traveling to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin this month to stump for Democratic candidates weeks before the midterm elections. First, on Oct. 28, he heads to Atlanta, where Stacey Abrams is making another gubernatorial run against incumbent rival Gov.

The Washington Post.The bill needs 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, meaning at least 10 Senate Republicans would have to support it in order to end debate on the measure and hold a final up-or-down vote on it.The measure previously passed the House of Representatives in July, earning support from all of the lower chamber’s Democrats and 47 House Republicans. The Senate is the final hurdle to passage.If the Senate approves the proposed religious liberty language additions, the legislation would have to head back to the Democratic-led House for passage.But while passage in the lower chamber would not be a problem, the scheduling of the vote in a limited window, as well other pieces of legislation demanding congressional members’ attention, may create additional hurdles.Because the bipartisan group of senators believes they have the necessary Republican votes to overcome a filibuster, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday that he plans to schedule a vote on the measure “in the coming weeks,” which would force Republicans to go on record ahead of the midterm elections.Collins has expressed concern that Schumer will play political games with the bill by delaying a vote on it, telling Politico that she hopes he will schedule a vote on the bill this month.Further complicating the issue, Congress must approve stopgap legislation to fund the government by Sept.

push forward with a $433 billion climate change, drug pricing, and tax bill that they have prioritized instead.According to Reuters, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), one of only two LGBTQ senators in the chamber, said she now expects the bill to be brought up after the August recess, which stretches from Aug.

Faced with the likely possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to take away the constitutional right to marry for same-sex couples’, Congressional Democrats this week reintroduced legislation designed to forestall potential fallout of a reversal of the court’s landmark 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

A new resolution introduced in the U.S. House apologizes for the federal government’s treatment of LGBTQ federal civilian workers and U.S. service members, who were once subject to expulsion from their positions because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

issued a formal apology for the government-sponsored discrimination against LGBTQ members of the foreign service and civilian employees at the State Department.

WASHINGTON – With President Biden’s first 100 days in office coming to a close, the Equality Act doesn’t appear even close to passage after his campaign promise to sign the legislation into law within that timeframe, although defenders say talks are ongoing and point to his executive actions in favor of LGBTQ rights.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as the newest Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 52-48, solidifying a 6-3 conservative majority on the bench and President Donald Trump’s lasting impact on the judiciary.

Democratic Sen.Tammy Baldwin urged President Trump to send COVID-19 supplies to Wisconsin, citing six months of shortages that have further exacerbated mounting cases and hospitalizations in recent weeks.  "I urged you to act to deliver this assistance swiftly," Baldwin said, citing an earlier letter to Trump in April.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), the only out lesbian in the U.S. Senatte, made a plea Thursday for voters to elect Joe Biden and oust President Trump in a speech heavily drawing on inequalities in wealth and health care.

Ted Johnson Cher will headline an LGBTQ+ fundraiser for Joe Biden on August 31, and they will be joined by former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg.Also scheduled to take part in the virtual event are Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Rep.

Senator Tammy Baldwin has already made history innumerable times over, and she’s ready to do it again. The Wisconsin senator, 58, appeared on the June 25 episode of The View and addressed speculation that she’s on the shortlist to potentially become Joe Biden‘s running mate.

an 8000 word policy plan on LGBTQ equality. He also issued a statement marking LGBTQ Pride Month on June 1.