All posts tagged "steny hoyer"
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Mckayla Wilkes, progressive challenger to Steny Hoyer, comes out as bisexual
The woman challenging Congressman Steny Hoyer, the second-highest-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, in the 2022 Democratic primary has come out publicly as...
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Transgender advocate to run against Hoyer
Kristin Beck, a well-known transgender advocate for open military service for LGBT people and a former member of the SEAL Team Six counterterrorism unit, earlier this...
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Democratic leaders blast House Republicans for $3 million defense of DOMA
House Democratic leaders slammed Speaker John Boehner today for “secretly” raising the cap on the legal defense of the Defense of Marriage Act to $3...
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Maryland Marriage Equality Supporters Expand Campaign, Planning for November Referendum
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition of groups fighting to uphold Maryland’s recently passed marriage equality law, announced on May 7 that they had opened...
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Pelosi, Hoyer: GOP Move Against “Decorated Veteran … Clearly Exceeds” Authority on DOMA Fight
The ongoing dispute between the House Republican and Democratic leadership over the defense of federal laws banning recognition of same-sex married couples reached a new...
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SLDN Recognizes Hoyer, Hoyer Recognizes Servicememembers Past, Present and Future
At the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) National Dinner on Saturday, March 19, 2011, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) was presented with the Anna...
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Rep. Steny Hoyer's Keynote Address at 2011 SLDN National Dinner [video]
At the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) National Dinner on Saturday, March 19, 2011, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) was presented with the Anna...
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Pelosi, Others Celebrate “Joyful Day” at DADT Repeal Act Ceremony
[Photo: The audience and members of the media — as well as a set of pens — await the arrival of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who...
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Hoyer Announces Murphy DADT Repeal Standalone Bill; Frank Says Effort Has “A Real Chance”
The Wonk Room’s Igor Volsky reports the news that “House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced that Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) will introduce a stand-alone...
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Promised Fireworks at Hearing Fizzle
There were expectations that Republicans would challenge openly gay EEOC nominee Chai Feldblum Thursday over some of her writings. Those writings included how non-discrimination laws...
