News on U.S. Senate

Military chaplains can perform gay marriages: Pentagon

2011-09-30T19:30:20Z

US military chaplains can perform gay wedding ceremonies in states where it is legal, the Pentagon said Friday, 10 days after the end of a ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces.

So far, gay marriage is legal in six US states, but the federal government does not recognize it, meaning that the partners of gay soldiers do not have the same ben...

Anti-Gay Mark Neumann, Openly Lesbian Tammy Baldwin Vie For Senator Herb Kohl's Seat

2011-08-30T04:00:06Z

Former Wisconsin Rep. Mark Neumann on Monday announced he'll run for the U.S. Senate in 2012 as a Republican

Former Wisconsin Rep. Mark Neumann on Monday announced he'll run for the U.S. Senate in 2012 as a Republican, setting up a possible match-up between openly lesbian Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin and a stridently anti-gay competitor.

Neumann,...

Jim Neal Among GetEqual Activists Arrested Protesting Gay Marriage Ban Amendment

2011-06-03T07:30:14Z

Jim Neal, an openly gay man who ran for the U.S. Senate in 2008, was among three GetEqual activists arrested Thursday night

Jim Neal, an openly gay man who ran for the U.S. Senate in 2008, was among three GetEqual activists arrested Thursday night at the North Carolina Statehouse protesting a proposed ...

Scorned Or Screwed

2010-11-03T03:22:50Z

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Lady Gaga urges repeal of gay military ban

2010-09-21T12:00:50Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Lady Gaga released a video on Friday urging members of the Senate and her "fellow Americans" to help repeal the military rule banning openly gay people from serving in the armed forces.

In her most overt political stance to date, Gaga, 24, described herself a...

Senator Bennett Fails In Bid To End DC Gay Marriage

2010-06-26T03:23:50Z

The US Senate Thursday rejected a health care amendment that would have ended a gay marriage law in the District of Columbia

The US Senate Thursday rejected a health care amendment that would have ended a gay marriage law in the District of Columbia.

Utah Gay rights groups say they have lost a key ally in the Senate

The sudden loss of Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy has struck a blow to the gay rights movement. Kennedy's deep commitment to equality for all made him a strong advocate for gay marriage, hate crimes legislation and gay protections.

Gay activists and leaders say they have lost a key ally in the Senate.

“It is impos...

Alaska Senate

2010-12-22T15:04:04Z

In this Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 picture, Alaska Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller, right, confers with his lawyer, Thomas Van Flein, before the Alaska Supreme Court convened in

Tax Cuts

2010-12-04T15:00:31Z

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., speaks and Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., listen as Democrats held a news conference following two votes on tax cuts during a rare Saturday session of the Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks back to his office with his Deputy Chief of Staff Rohit Kumar, center right, following two votes on tax cuts during a rare Saturday session of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill in

Nevada Politics

2010-12-01T15:03:32Z

FILE - This Oct. 7, 2010 file photo shows Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. taking part in a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ensign says he...

Seeds Of Hunger

2010-11-06T10:31:58Z

This Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 picture shows wheat prices on an electronic display above the trading floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. Such prices for wheat futures have risen sharply again in 2010. U.S. Senate investigators cited market speculators as a major cause for even sharper price rises in 2007-2008, when people rioted worldwide over rising bread prices. Future wheat s...