On October 11, tens of thousands of Americans marched through the streets of Washington, DC demanding equal protection under law for gay and lesbian people and for same-sex couples. The National Equality March clearly succeeded in attracting media attention, as wire services and newspapers and television cameras recorded and reported on the event. But the [...]

With Congress back in session after the August recess, it’s time for another update to our report on the activity of the LGBT Equality Caucus in the House of Representatives. Our report evaluates the 79 members of the LGBT Equality Caucus against the standard set by the caucus itself: a slate of 16 bills identified [...]

Last month, Republican Representative Lamar Smith of Texas teamed up with fellow Republicans Jack Kingston and Michele Bachmann to introduce the new Media Fairness Caucus of the 111th Congress. The goal of the Media Fairness Caucus, Rep. Smith explained: “is not to censor or condemn, but to encourage the media to adhere to the highest [...]

Rep. Wally Herger of California decided last month that he wanted to form a congressional caucus (formally known as a Congressional Member Organization) and attract the maximum number of members possible from among his fellow members of the House of Representatives. And so he sent them a letter making this recruitment appeal: I am writing [...]

Today we update our That’s My Congress report on the activity of the LGBT Equality Caucus in the House of Representatives. Our report evaluates the 79 members of the LGBT Equality Caucus against the standard set by the caucus itself: a slate of 12 bills standing in promotion of the caucus agenda “to promote lesbian, [...]

This morning That’s My Congress has released a report scoring the legislative performance of members of the LGBT Equality Caucus of the House of Representatives in the 111th Congress. The report takes 12 bills identified by the caucus as a slate of legislation in support of civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. [...]

In her campaign to be elected as Ohio’s 15th District representative to the U.S. Congress, Mary Jo Kilroy asked for help. On August 31, 2008, about fifty members of Columbus’ gay and lesbian activist community turned out in a Get Out the Vote operation for members of the Democratic Party up and down the ticket. [...]

The scope of the Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus is rather small, and the purpose of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus is not altogether clear. But these are mere runners-up. The winner of the First Annual That’s My Congress Most Specific Congressional Caucus Award for 2009 is: The Congressional Caucus on Qatari-American Economic Strategic Defense If this Congressional [...]

In the first three months of the 111th Congress, 196 Congressional Membership Organizations, known most compactly as CMOs and most familiarly as caucuses, formally registered with the Committee on House Administration. In the first three weeks of April 2009, 18 more CMOs have followed suit, bringing the current count of caucuses in the House of [...]

Congressional Member Organizations, better known as caucuses, are advocacy organizations in the House of Representatives who claim Representatives as members. There are many CMOs that appeared to exist in the 110th Congress of 2007-2008, but which have not been renewed their registration in the 111th Congress of 2009-2010. Is it lack of interest that suffocated [...]