Eight Republicans joined Democrats to vote for an end to the 1993 'don't ask, don't tell' law banning gay troops from serving openly. ...
also voted to uphold the filibuster Saturday morning but then supported the %u201CDon't ask, don't tell%u201D repeal on final passage. The bill now heads to President ...
By ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," no longer will our nation be denied the service of thousands of patriotic Americans forced to leave the military, ...
The Senate today voted 65 to 31 in favor of the bill to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The bill was approved by the House of Representatives on ...
WASHINGTON -- ASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 65-31 on Saturday to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, defeating a 17-year policy of banning gay and lesbian service members from serving openly in the military.
The Senate took a big step toward ending the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers today. By a vote of 63 to 33, the Senate voted to end debate on a bill repealing the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, opening the door for ...
The Senate voted 65 to 31 this afternoon to kill "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," a law that had been used to kick nearly 14000 gay men and women out of the U.S. military since 1993. The measure, which already has passed the House, ...
The Senate gave final approval Saturday to repealing the military s don t ask, don t tell policy on Saturday, delivering gay rights advocates a historic victory and sending legislation long in the making to President Barack Obama for a ...
Taylor Marsh is a national political writer, commentator and political analyst, writing on the web since 1996, Huffington Post contributor, progressive liberal.
By a vote of 65-31, the United States Senate has repealed Don't Ask Don't Tell. This is one more step forward for equal rights in America. Don't Ask Don't Tell Is Hereby Repealed. By a vote of 65-31, the United States Senate has ...
Minutes ago, the Senate achieved cloture on the stand-alone repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, effectively meaning: It's over. We won. Once it became clear this was a done deal, more senators voted in favor that were expected to, ...
ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: The push to repeal the military's controversial.
As expected, the repeal of the Clinton-era "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy banning gays in the military has passed the Senate by a vote of 65-31. President Obama must now sign the bill into law, which he is expected to do. ...
The U.S. Senate voted on Dec. 18 to repeal the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy barring open homosexuals from the military. Opponents of the repeal warned it will turn the military into a tool to impose a “radical social agenda” on the ...