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Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: Alcee Hastings, the longtime Congressman who served South Florida for decades and fought for civil rights, has died at 84 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. First elected in 1992, Hastings was in his 15th term in Congress representing District 20, which includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter …

Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) has submitted a novel bill that would allow gay soldiers to testify before Congress about DADT with immunity from dismissal from the military. Gay service members who reveal their sexual orientations during congressional testimony would be immune from forced discharges under a bill introduced Wednesday, as lawmakers prepare to consider repealing the ban on gays serving …

Rep. Alcee Hastings speaks to Rachel Maddow about how he was “thwarted” in his attempt to submit an amendment suspending the enforcement of DADT.

Yesterday Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) submitted and then almost immediately withdrew an amendment demanding that no further funds be spent on ousting gays from the military. Hastings says he withdrew his amendment to a defense appropriations bill due to pressure from colleagues and the White House.