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		<title>Mike Honda Celebrates Ruling Against Prop 8</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/07/mike-honda-celebrates-ruling-against-prop-8/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/07/mike-honda-celebrates-ruling-against-prop-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court.  Supporters of the discriminatory law still have the opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court, however.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Capitol Hill Conference Promises Open Legislative Data.  Will it Deliver?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/03/capitol-hill-conference-promises-open-legislative-data-will-it-deliver/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/03/capitol-hill-conference-promises-open-legislative-data-will-it-deliver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the morning of February 2, 2012 the Committee on House Administration of the 112th Congress held what it calls a Legislative Data and Transparency Conference. This is an all-day, in-person conference on Capitol Hill at which beltway lobbyists and nonprofits were undoubtedly in attendance, but one of the challenges of making congressional data truly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Senators Will Respect Marriage For All Americans?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/07/14/which-senators-will-respect-marriage-for-all-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/07/14/which-senators-will-respect-marriage-for-all-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Respect for Marriage Act seeks to reunite marriage law across the United States, so that a couple that gets married in New York can know that they'll remain married while they take a trip down to Florida.  The legislation would provide for the recognition of a couple's marriage across the United States, so long as that marriage is legally recognized somewhere in the United States. 24 Democratic senators have declined to support the bill so far. Who are they?]]></description>
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		<title>Why Christopher Lee Really Ought To Be Ashamed Of Himself</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/02/09/why-christopher-lee-really-ought-to-be-ashamed-of-himself/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/02/09/why-christopher-lee-really-ought-to-be-ashamed-of-himself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Lee shouldn't have resigned just because it appears that he had some extramarital sexual affairs.  Christopher Lee should have resigned from Congress because his extremist political agenda refused to recognize the marital rights and sexual legitimacy of other adult Americans.]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Power Ignored By Claire McCaskill On Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/11/02/twitter-power-ignored-by-claire-mccaskill-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/11/02/twitter-power-ignored-by-claire-mccaskill-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An online <a href="http://act.ly/petitions/tags/DADT">petition created on Act.ly</a> urged Senator McCaskill to support S. 3065, the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, but what happened to the petition?]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Folds, 19 Senators Stand Firm On Discrimination</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/10/13/obama-folds-19-senators-stand-firm-on-discrimination/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/10/13/obama-folds-19-senators-stand-firm-on-discrimination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eighteen Democrats and one independent from the United States have signed a letter urging the President and the Attorney General to return to a commitment to equality in the United States.  The letter asks Attorney General Eric Holder to allow the decision that Don't Ask Don't Tell is unconstitutional to stand.]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln Help GOP Kill Military Equality</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/09/21/mary-pryor-and-blanche-lincoln-help-gop-kill-military-equality/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/09/21/mary-pryor-and-blanche-lincoln-help-gop-kill-military-equality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blanche Lincoln is trailing badly behind Congressman <a href="http://thatsmycongress.com/house/repBoozmanAR3111.html">John Boozman</a>, in large part because her right-leaning agenda has alienated her from the progressive portion of Arkansas Democratic voters.  Her vote today against LGBT equality won't help her with that problem.]]></description>
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		<title>Should Soldiers Be Given Veto Power Against Equality?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/09/21/should-soldiers-be-given-veto-power-against-equality/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/09/21/should-soldiers-be-given-veto-power-against-equality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It does not do for the Congress to pander to those in the military who wish to perpetuate discrimination.  Lindsey Graham ought to know better than to suggest otherwise.]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Ike Skelton Tell 7 Year Olds About Heterosexuality?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/06/08/what-does-ike-skelton-tell-7-year-olds-about-heterosexuality/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/06/08/what-does-ike-skelton-tell-7-year-olds-about-heterosexuality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Ike Skelton ought to be worried about is what mommy and daddy are going to tell the 17 year-old child who comes to them and asks why the U.S. Congress is allowing the government to discriminate against people on the basis of private sexuality.]]></description>
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		<title>Who Crossed The Line On Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/05/28/who-crossed-the-line-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/05/28/who-crossed-the-line-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 22:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A list of the Republicans and Democrats who crossed party lines on this week's vote on an amendment that would repeal the Don't Ask Don't Tell military policy of discrimination against homosexual soldiers.]]></description>
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