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WASHINGTON (BP)--The District of Columbia Council voted 11-2 to legalize "same-sex marriage" Dec. 1, putting the capital in position to become the sixth U.S. jurisdiction to approve such unions.
WASHINGTON — In the official record of the historic House debate on health care overhaul, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident.
D.C. Council members are hardening their opposition to the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington's efforts to change a proposed same-sex marriage law, setting up a political showdown between the city and one of its largest social service providers.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington wants the city to change its proposal to legalize same-sex marriages to exempt the church from the law, but so far city council members aren't budging.
For the first time this year, more voters say they would support a Republican candidate for Congress next year over a Democrat, a poll says.
The battle over the city of Conroe’s new smoking ban is still smoldering, with opponents claiming they will fire up a second petition drive after the failure of the first.
On Sept. 12, 1960, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy put to rest concerns about his ability to separate church and state. Whatever happened to the America that JFK believed in?
WASHINGTON - The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is threatening to stop providing social services, including management of city homeless shelters, unless lawmakers change...
Let's be clear: The Stupak amendment to Nancy Pelosi's health care bill doesn't overturn Roe v. Wade. All it does is prohibit taxpayers from subsidizing them.
Juan Williams goes both ways politically – sometimes liberal, sometimes conservative, usually outspoken, often controversial. read more
In the middle of the night last Saturday, the House quietly passed their version of the "Affordable Health Care for America Act." It was 1,990 pages, printed on about 4 reams of paper weighing in at almost 20 lbs., spending about $2.2 million per word, potentially creating more job losses of up to 5.5 million, levying about $730 billion in taxes mostly on job-creating small businesses, adding ...
