Tag Archives: Jerrold Nadler

Almost half of the sitting members of Congress today filed a joint Supreme Court brief in the support of the overturn of DOMA. Via press release: Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Ranking Constitution Subcommittee Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) in the House, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in the Senate, along with …

Rep Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) opened this morning’s DOMA hearing with a blistering denouncement of the entire issue. (Via – Good As You)

The Uniting American Families Act will be reintroduced in the U.S. House this Thursday by Rep. Jerrold Nadler and several other Democrats. Via press release from Nadler’s office: On Thursday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, and Representatives John …

Via press release, a letter from the six House Democrats who are lead sponsors of the bill to repeal DOMA. Dear Mr. Speaker, It is our understanding that deadlines for Congressional action are fast approaching and that House General Counsel or outside counsel retained to represent the House must appear and move to intervene or otherwise participate, if it chooses …

With Freedom To Marry’s Evan Wolfson looking on.

The NYCLU sends this today: The NYCLU, in collaboration with the LGBT Community Center and the Office of Congressman Jerrold Nadler, looks at discrimination against LGBT families in our immigration system and the ongoing efforts to reform the system in Congress through the Uniting American Families Act and comprehensive immigration reform. Citizen/Non-Citizen highlights the heart wrenching story of Britta and …

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the sponsor of a House bill to overturn DOMA, says that there will be no attempt to pass the bill in 2010 and that serious work on the repeal probably won’t begin until 2013. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said in an interview with DC Agenda that lawmakers will work on passing other pro-LGBT bills next year, …

Flanked by some of his 91 co-sponsors, yesterday afternoon Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) stood outside the U.S. Capitol to announce the submission of his Respect for Marriage Act (RMA), which would repeal DOMA.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today filed his DOMA repeal bill, the “Respect For Marriage Act,” in the U.S. House with 91 co-sponsors. “Today, we celebrate the first step toward overturning the Defense of Marriage Act and sending that ugly law into the history books where it belongs,” said Nadler, adding that the new RMA bill has 91 original cosponsors. Nadler …

Saying he has a “strategic difference” with NY Rep. Jerrold Nadler and other Congress members signing on to Nadler’s DOMA repeal bill, Rep. Barney Frank will not be signing on as a co-sponsor. Frank objects to a portion of the bill that would allow gay couples who marry out of state to file for federal benefits in their home states …

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) will introduce a bill repealing DOMA next week. The Advocate has learned that Democratic representative Jerrold Nadler of New York will be introducing legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next Tuesday. A Democratic aide confirmed that a press conference to announce the bill will be held September 15 at 11 a.m. at the House …