Windy City Media Group Frontpage News

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

home search facebook twitter join
Gay News Sponsor Windy City Times 2023-12-13
DOWNLOAD ISSUE
Donate

Sponsor
Sponsor
Sponsor

  WINDY CITY TIMES

U.S. Senate rejects DADT repeal
News update current as of Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010
by Lisa Keen, Keen News Service
2010-12-15

This article shared 4099 times since Wed Dec 15, 2010
facebook twitter google +1 reddit email


Please see Dec. 18, 2010 news update "Senate votes to move forward on DADT"

www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=29846

The Senate has rejected an attempt to bring the defense authorization bill to the floor, effectively killing the prospects for repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ( DADT ) this year, and likely for years to come. The vote was 57 to 40.

It could not be determined immediately which three senators did not vote. Most moderate Republicans, including Massachusetts' Scott Brown, Illinois' Mark Kirk and Maine's Olympia Snowe, voted against allowing the bill to the floor. Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who was a chief negotiator for trying to get the bill to the floor, voted for cloture ( a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote ) .

It was a dramatic finish and, undoubtedly, viewers saw on the Senate floor just the tip of the iceberg in negotiations that sought to bring about repeal of the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the floor at about 3 o'clock on Dec. 9, saying he had had tried "every possible way to move forward" on the defense authorization bill, which contains language to repeal DADT. But in the end, said Reid, Republicans were clearly bent on killing the repeal.

"I've bent over backwards, but it's clear that Republicans…don't want to have a vote on [ Don't Ask, Don't Tell ] ," said Reid, "and they're doing whatever they can to stand in the way of this bill."

But Collins, who has been the considered a deal-maker for Republicans on the measure, rushed to the floor following Reid's remarks and suggested she was baffled at Reid's decision to call for reconsideration of last September's failed vote to break the Republican-led filibuster on the measure.

"I want to vote to proceed to this bill," said Collins, saying it was a "vitally important bill.

"I just do not understand why we can't proceed along a path that will bring us to success and allow us to get the 60 votes to proceed," she said. "I'm willing to be one of those votes. I thought we were extremely close."

Reid complimented Collins for her efforts and said she was not the problem. The problem, he said, was the GOP's announced determination to obstruct consideration of any legislation until Congress passed a Republican-backed tax cut extension.

Gay groups working for passage of the DADT repeal measure were deeply disappointed.

Aubrey Sarvis, head of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network ( SLDN ) , called it an outrage and urged the Senate to stay in session "to find another path for repeal to get done in the lame-duck."

"While difficult," acknowledged Sarvis, "realistic options still exist for advocates and Senators to move repeal this year."

It is not clear what those options are. Most observers have made clear that if the Senate rejected the motion to send the Defense bill to the floor, the repeal of DADT was effectively dead for this Congressional session. The next Congressional session includes a Congressional make-up that provides very few prospects for passage of the legislation.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., sent out a tweet around 5 p.m. ET saying he and Collins are immediately introducing a free-standing bill to repeal DADT and that Reid has agreed to bring it to the floor in the lame-duck session.

Copyright 2010 Keen News Service

[ EDITORIAL NOTE: The complete roll call below from today's vote was provided by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network ]

YEAs ---57

Akaka ( D-HI )

Baucus ( D-MT )

Bayh ( D-IN )

Begich ( D-AK )

Bennet ( D-CO )

Bingaman ( D-NM )

Boxer ( D-CA )

Brown ( D-OH )

Cantwell ( D-WA )

Cardin ( D-MD )

Carper ( D-DE )

Casey ( D-PA )

--> Collins ( R-ME )

Conrad ( D-ND )

Coons ( D-DE )

Dodd ( D-CT )

Dorgan ( D-ND )

Durbin ( D-IL )

Feingold ( D-WI )

Feinstein ( D-CA )

Franken ( D-MN )

Gillibrand ( D-NY )

Hagan ( D-NC )

Harkin ( D-IA )

Inouye ( D-HI )

Johnson ( D-SD )

Kerry ( D-MA )

Klobuchar ( D-MN )

Kohl ( D-WI )

Landrieu ( D-LA )

Lautenberg ( D-NJ )

Leahy ( D-VT )

Levin ( D-MI )

Lieberman ( ID-CT )

McCaskill ( D-MO )

Menendez ( D-NJ )

Merkley ( D-OR )

Mikulski ( D-MD )

Murray ( D-WA )

Nelson ( D-FL )

Nelson ( D-NE )

Pryor ( D-AR )

Reed ( D-RI )

Reid ( D-NV )

Rockefeller ( D-WV )

Sanders ( I-VT )

Schumer ( D-NY )

Shaheen ( D-NH )

Specter ( D-PA )

Stabenow ( D-MI )

Tester ( D-MT )

Udall ( D-CO )

Udall ( D-NM )

Warner ( D-VA )

Webb ( D-VA )

Whitehouse ( D-RI )

Wyden ( D-OR )

NAYs ---40

Alexander ( R-TN )

Barrasso ( R-WY )

Bennett ( R-UT )

Bond ( R-MO )

Brown ( R-MA )

Bunning ( R-KY )

Burr ( R-NC )

Chambliss ( R-GA )

Coburn ( R-OK )

Cochran ( R-MS )

Corker ( R-TN )

Crapo ( R-ID )

DeMint ( R-SC )

Ensign ( R-NV )

Enzi ( R-WY )

Graham ( R-SC )

Grassley ( R-IA )

Gregg ( R-NH )

Hatch ( R-UT )

Hutchison ( R-TX )

Inhofe ( R-OK )

Isakson ( R-GA )

Johanns ( R-NE )

Kirk ( R-IL )

Kyl ( R-AZ )

LeMieux ( R-FL )

Lugar ( R-IN )

Manchin ( D-WV )

McCain ( R-AZ )

McConnell ( R-KY )

Murkowski ( R-AK )

Risch ( R-ID )

Roberts ( R-KS )

Sessions ( R-AL )

Shelby ( R-AL )

Snowe ( R-ME )

Thune ( R-SD )

Vitter ( R-LA )

Voinovich ( R-OH )

Wicker ( R-MS )

Not Voting - 3

Brownback ( R-KS )

Cornyn ( R-TX )

Lincoln ( D-AR )


This article shared 4099 times since Wed Dec 15, 2010
facebook twitter google +1 reddit email

Out and Aging
Presented By

  ARTICLES YOU MIGHT LIKE

Gay News

Thailand parliament passes landmark marriage bill 2024-03-27
- On March 27, Thailand's parliament approved a marriage-equality bill by an overwhelmingly large margin—a landmark step that moves one of Asia's most liberal countries closer to legalizing same-sex unions, media ...


Gay News

Kara Swisher talks truth, power in tech at Chicago Humanities event 2024-03-25
- Lesbian author, award-winning journalist and podcast host Kara Swisher spoke about truth and power in the tech industry through the lens of her most recent book, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, March 21 at First ...


Gay News

Wyoming is latest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors 2024-03-24
- On March 22, Wyoming became the latest state to prohibit gender-affirming care for minors, The Hill noted. In doing so, it joined 23 other states that passed laws restricting or banning the treatment. Legislators in both ...


Gay News

Chicago alder proposes renaming street after Obama 2024-03-22
- Openly gay Black Chicago Ald. Lamont Robinson has proposed renaming Columbus Drive after former U.S. President and city resident Barack Obama, media outlets noted. The street stretches through the Loop from East Grand Avenue to DuSable ...


Gay News

Congressional Equality Caucus on FY24 bills passing the house 2024-03-22
--From a press release - WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), released the following statement after the House successfully passed the final funding bills for Fiscal Year ...


Gay News

WORLD Uganda items, HIV report, Mandela, Liechtenstein, foreign minister weds 2024-03-21
- It turned out that U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator Jay Gilliam traveled to Uganda on Feb. 19-27, per The Washington Blade. He visited the capital of Kampala and the nearby city of ...


Gay News

NATIONAL Va. marriage bill, AARP, online counseling, Idaho items, late activist 2024-03-21
- Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed bills protecting same-sex marriages at a state level, surprising some, WRIC reported. The bills—passed out of both chambers along mostly party lines—will require clerks ...


Gay News

LGBTQ+ candidates Marcelino Garcia, Precious Brady Davis win primary elections to keep MWRD seats 2024-03-21
- Marcelino Garcia and Precious Brady-Davis, the two openly LGBTQ+ incumbents in the race to keep their seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), won their primary elections and will move on to the general this ...


Gay News

Small LGBTQ+ candidate pool nevertheless scores some important victories March 19 2024-03-20
- Relatively few openly LGBTQ+ candidates were running in the March 19 Illinois Primary Election. But there were some significant contests in play at the local, state and federal levels. Openly gay Ald. Ray Lopez (15th Ward) ...


Gay News

Gay Irish prime minister to step down 2024-03-20
- In a surprise move, openly gay Irish Prime Minister (or Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation, citing "personal and political, but mainly political reasons," according to CNN. Varadkar said he felt he was no longer ...


Gay News

Chicago's LGBTQ+ Advisory Council sets a new course 2024-03-18
- Chicago's LGBTQ+ Advisory Council held its first meeting of the calendar year on Feb. 28 at City Hall in the Loop under the leadership of the recently appointed chair Jin-Soo Huh. The LGBTQ+ Advisory Council is ...


Gay News

NATIONAL Missouri measure, HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, judge, Texas schools 2024-03-15
- In Missouri, a newly proposed law could charge teachers and counselors with a felony and require them to register as sex offenders if they're found guilty of supporting transgender students who are socially transitioning, CNN noted. ...


Gay News

PASSAGES: Former Chicago Commission on Human Relations chair Clarence Wood 2024-03-13
- LGBTQ ally and former Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR) Chair and Commissioner Clarence N. Wood died March 5. He was 83. Wood was born April 14, 1940, in Alabama. While primarily raised in Alabama, Wood ...


Gay News

Longtime LGBTQ+-rights activist David Mixner dies at 77 2024-03-12
- On March 11, longtime LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS activist David Mixner—known for working on Bill Clinton's presidential campaign but then splitting from him over "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT)—died at age 77, The Advocate reported. ...


Gay News

LGBTQ+ Victory Fund remembers co-founder David Mixner 2024-03-12
--From a press release - Today, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund President & CEO Mayor Annise Parker released the following statement on the passing of LGBTQ+ civil rights activist and LGBTQ+ Victory Fund co-founder David Mixner: "Today, we lost David Mixner, a founding ...


 


Copyright © 2024 Windy City Media Group. All rights reserved.
Reprint by permission only. PDFs for back issues are downloadable from
our online archives.

Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, and
photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and no
responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials.

All rights to letters, art and photos sent to Nightspots
(Chicago GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times (a Chicago
Gay and Lesbian News and Feature Publication) will be treated
as unconditionally assigned for publication purposes and as such,
subject to editing and comment. The opinions expressed by the
columnists, cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are
their own and do not necessarily reflect the position of Nightspots
(Chicago GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times (a Chicago Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender News and Feature Publication).

The appearance of a name, image or photo of a person or group in
Nightspots (Chicago GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times
(a Chicago Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender News and Feature
Publication) does not indicate the sexual orientation of such
individuals or groups. While we encourage readers to support the
advertisers who make this newspaper possible, Nightspots (Chicago
GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times (a Chicago Gay, Lesbian
News and Feature Publication) cannot accept responsibility for
any advertising claims or promotions.

 
 

TRENDINGBREAKINGPHOTOS







Sponsor


 



Donate


About WCMG      Contact Us      Online Front  Page      Windy City  Times      Nightspots
Identity      BLACKlines      En La Vida      Archives      Advanced Search     
Windy City Queercast      Queercast Archives     
Press  Releases      Join WCMG  Email List      Email Blast      Blogs     
Upcoming Events      Todays Events      Ongoing Events      Bar Guide      Community Groups      In Memoriam     
Privacy Policy     

Windy City Media Group publishes Windy City Times,
The Bi-Weekly Voice of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Community.
5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640-2113 • PH (773) 871-7610 • FAX (773) 871-7609.