This afternoon, Speaker Pelosi, House Democratic Leaders and Democratic Members of the House joined with representatives from Veterans’ Service Organizations including Joy Ilam from the Disabled American Vets, Timothy Tetz from the American Legion, Todd Powers from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans… Continue

This afternoon, the House overwhelmingly passed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act (HR 2965). It passed by a vote of 250-175—an even greater margin than the 234-194 vote when the House passed an amendment to repeal the discriminatory policy last May…. Continue

Today’s Washington Post/ABC News poll is the latest example of strong support by Americans for a repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ From the poll: By a 56-point margin, nearly 8 in 10 Americans say that gays and lesbians who publicly disclose… Continue

Last May, the House overwhelmingly passed an amendment by Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2011 (HR 5136) to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ and has been waiting for the Senate to act. Last week, the… Continue

Today, Speaker Pelosi—along with 18 original co-sponsors, including Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), whose district includes a portion of San Francisco, and Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), whose district includes the Texas Rangers—introduced a resolution (H.Res. 1760) congratulating the San Francisco Giants on their… Continue

With the passing of Ambassador Holbrooke, our country has lost a brilliant and respected diplomat. He was a strong fighter for peace throughout the world and an advocate of American values at the United Nations. All of us who have worked with… Continue

Today, a District Court judge in Virginia ruled one provision of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. Fourteen other judges have already ruled against similar lawsuits and the judge today refused to freeze implementation of the law during the appeals process, meaning Americans… Continue

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, who last year was sentenced to 11 years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power” after he authored Charter 08, an online petition by Chinese citizens… Continue

The failure of the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal, as part of the Defense Authorization bill, on a procedural vote in the Senate is a serious disappointment to the many who have worked so hard to close the door on a fundamental… Continue

House Democrats share the President’s commitment to providing the middle class with a tax cut to grow the economy and create jobs. The House passed a bill last week to provide tax cuts for all Americans but not a bonus tax cut… Continue