All posts tagged "budget"
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South Carolina Lawmakers Approve Anti-Trans Health Care Provision
South Carolina lawmakers approved a provision in the proposed state budget that attacks gender-affirming care for transgender youth, but rejected two other anti-LGBTQ amendments. Last...
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VA scuttles plans to cover transition surgery for transgender vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is dropping plans to cover transition-related surgical expenses for transgender veterans, citing budget constraints. Back in June, VA officials...
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Study: Trans military healthcare costs would be “negligible”
A study in a well-respected medical journal released last week has estimated that the cost of transition-related care for transgender military personnel would be “negligible,”...
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11 Senate Republicans vote to extend benefits to same-sex couples
11 Republicans voted to extend Social Security and veterans benefits to same-sex couples
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Obama budget would extend Social Security benefits to all same-sex couples
President Obama is seeking to ensure all legally married same-sex couples have access to Social Security benefits.
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Congressional Committee Tames Rep. Akin’s Anti-Gay Exit
A final attempt by outgoing anti-gay Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) to target gay and lesbian troops by writing discrimination into the Pentagon’s budget appears to...
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Riders Signed Into Law
On Friday, April 15, President Barack Obama signed the budget bill that averted the government shutdown two weeks ago. In doing so, he issued a...
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Budget battle
There was a lot of talk during the final days of the federal budget negotiations that House Republican leaders were trying to insert policy amendments...
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