All posts tagged "executive order"
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Obama Campaign Launches LGBT Outreach Effort, With HRC’s Solmonese Wearing Two Hats
Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese was on double duty today, serving as the main speaker on the launch of the Obama for America campaign’s...
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Stick in the Eye
Whether or not we are hard-core political junkies, most of us in the LGBT community share some common understandings about politics as it relates to...
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Washington Post Editorial Board: “No Principled Reason” for White House Inaction on Executive Order
The Washington Post editorial board tonight strongly criticized President Obama’s decision...
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White House Defends EO Decision, Saying “Time Is Right” for ENDA — and Prompting More Criticism
Facing continued fallout from the Obama administration’s decision not to proceed with an executive order banning LGBT discrimination by federal contractors, White House spokesman Shin...
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White House Says No Federal Contractor Nondiscrimination Executive Order “At This Time”
President Obama does not plan to sign an executive order at this time banning federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or...
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Obama White House, Campaign Silent on Federal Contractor LGBT Nondiscrimination Policy Questions
Since Metro Weekly‘s exclusive reporting on March 8 that...
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High-Dollar Dem Donors Talk With Obama, Celebrating LGBT Successes But Looking for More
[Photo: Contractors, Obama for America staff and attendees of Feb. 9, 2012, fundraiser for President Obama’s re-election work and mill around outside the D.C. home...
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Washington Post, New York Times Opinion Pages Cover Contractor Executive Order Proposal
Quick on the heels of Metro Weekly‘s exclusive reporting this weekend and on Feb. 6 about a proposed executive order to prohibit sexual orientation and...
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From Partner Benefits to Affirmative Action, Proposed Contractor Executive Order Specifics Discussed
With the senior policy advisor for Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) telling Metro Weekly on Feb. 4 that timing is key for President Obama to take...
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Advocates Lay Out Case for Obama Contractor Executive Order in Memo to Rep. Barney Frank
Although the White House remains silent about the status of a proposed executive order to ban LGBT discrimination among federal contractors, some of D.C.’s leading...
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LGBT Issues @ the Briefing: ENDA and DADT
In LGBT news from today’s White House press briefing transcript: Q: One of the President’s goals has been the passage of the Employment Nondiscrimination...
