Rep. Barney Frank said that he does “not have a problem” with the Department of Defense (DOD) working group’s recommendation that straight and gay military personnel must shower together after the repeal of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” law goes into effect. Frank added, however, that men and women showering together would “disrupt people” in the military.
Sen. Arlen Specter was offering lawmakers advice in his farewell address on the senate floor Tuesday. Among his suggestions was to give more money to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Sen. Mitch McConnell said during a Senate floor speech that such an important matter as the START treaty should not be decided under a deadline.
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The president told the Native Americans the U.S. will now support the U.N Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a resolution the U.N. General Assembly adopted in 2007 but the Bush administration rejected because of language it described as vague and open to interpretation.
Former President Jimmy Carter says the U.S. would be willing to elect a gay president “in the near future.”
Sen. John McCain and Sen. Mark Kirk discuss failure of omnibus bill on the seante floor.
Breaking the news on the Senate floor, Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took aim at nine unnamed Republican senators who he said had earlier indicated support for the spending bill but had “walked away” in recent days.
Sen. John McCain and Sen. Mark Kirk discuss the death of the omnibus bill on the senate floor.
White House Spokesperson Robert Gibbs believes lawmakers will have enough time to review the nearly 2000 page omnibus bill.
