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Towleroad (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Rep. Tammy Baldwin and Jared Polis expressed optimism over the weekend at the 2009 International Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference in San Francisco regarding pending gay rights legislation: Speaking to an international conference of gay politicians in San Francisco, U.S....
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Queerty (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well it's nice to know Reps. Tammy Baldwin and Jared Polis are super confident that federal employees will get same-sex benefits this year, and that ENDA will pass and DADT will be repealed next year. But where, oh where, is Barney Frank's name in this report? Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Barney [...]
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THE WAR ON WRONG (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Jared Polis spending time on Colorado Priorities FOXNews.com - Gay House Members Say Gay-Friendly Bills on the Way Posted using ShareThis
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Slog (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
AP : Two of Congress's three openly gay members said Saturday that the U.S. House is poised to pass bills to provide health coverage for the same-sex partners of gay federal workers and to protect all gay and transgender employees from job discrimination. Speaking to an international conference of gay politicians in San Francisco, U.S. Reps. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Jared Polis, D-Colo., said they...
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
LGBT organizations have stepped forward to add their voices to those of LGBT citizens, allies and progressive groups calling for moving the Employment Non-Discrimination Act forward. But no amount of lobbying can make a difference if Congressman George Miller of the House Committee on Labor and Education chooses to ignore us. After all, it's been almost a month since rumors surfaced of an ENDA delay,...
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QueerToday.com (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
A vote on ENDA may be delayed... indefinitely. Take action now! Call (202) 224-3121 and ask the House operator to connect you to Representative Jared Polis of Colorado. When you get his office, here's what to say: "Please tell Rep. Polis that I would like him/her to ask Chairman George Miller for an immediate markup on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, HR 3017, under House Rule 11-2-c-2."...
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The rumors of problems with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act have been circulating for weeks now , and yet there has been little response by the LGBT community and the wider progressive community. The markup of the bill has been postponed with no reschedule date by Representative George Miller, chair of the House Committee where the bill is currently languishing. It is pretty obvious even to...
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ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
In politics, sadly, logic can often only get you so far. In the case of Curtis Harris , he hasn't yet bothered with it. This is the logo that Harris is using to campaign as a Libertarian running for -- yes, Congress -- in CD-2. Here's the explanation on his website : I am 'Against Congress' because, as an institution of government, it is a failure. The issue of its failure is fundamental to my campaign....
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Towleroad (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Congressman Jared Polis has a cameo in the promo for the upcoming season of The Real World: D.C.. Looks as though one of the sexually-confused housemates wants to be his protégé. Watch, AFTER THE JUMP... Real World XXIII: Washington DC...
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DCist (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
MTV has posted the first trailer for The Real World DC on its web site . It includes a number of establishing shots of our fair city (including, inexplicably, an intro featuring President Barack Obama exiting Marine One to the tune of the Civil War-era song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," aka "The Ants Go Marching," ... maybe the producers confused it with "Hail to the...
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planetransgender (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
House Committee to Take Action on ENDA Call in on November 18 Take Action! Take action today for the next bill that will positively impact transgender people: ENDA Sign the ENDA petition Write to your members of Congress Read our Toolkit on how you can take action NCTE Website November 12, 2009 "Now is the time that we must take action for ENDA! Whether you have never contacted your members of...
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onlineplayersassociation.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Colorado: One of the truly beautiful states in the USA. Skiing. Beautiful-smelling mountain air. Government officials with their heads on straight. I knew there was something I loved about Colorado and here’s one more: Jared Polis, Democratic Congressman out of the hip city of Boulder, is the most recent supporter of legalized online gambling in [...]
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ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Late Tonight, the US House Passed Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform Bill Denver, CO - Reps. Diana DeGette, Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis and John Salazar, all Democrats, voted with the majority as the U.S. House of Representatives set the standard for real health insurance reform when it passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act late tonight. Democratic Rep. Betsy Markey voted with the Republicans...
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Right Coast (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
By The Hill Staff - 11/07/09 04:08 PM ET Below is a list of selected Democrats and their positions on the House healthcare reform bill based on media accounts, press releases and spokesmen for the lawmakers. UPDATED 11/7/09 4:08 p.m. YES OR LEANING YES Howard Berman (Calif.) Leonard Boswell (Iowa) G.K. Butterfield (N.C.) Steve Cohen (Tenn.) Called the measure "America's bill" Gerry Connolly...
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Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Get in the fight against statism. The life you save will be your own (and grandmas's and the kids, and Aunt Bessie .....) Subject: Vote on Healthcare Tonight Here's a list of the Democrats who are (reportedly) undecided or on the fence. Time to jam the phone lines. If they're not in your district it doesn't matter. Call 'em anyway. Call as many as you can. Someone who wants to force you to purchase...
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