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        ODonnell Eyes Congressional Run
    
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          Mar 03, 2010
          
        
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The New York Daily News is reporting that Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell is considering a run for Congress should Rep. Charlie Rangel decide not to run for reelection in the fall.
 
"I certainly like being a legislator, I think I'm good at being a legislator; if a vacancy occurs in the congressional district where I live, I will certainly consider it," O'Donnell told the Daily News Wednesday.
 
The brother of Rosie O'Donnell, if elected, he would be the first openly gay member of the state's congressional delegation.

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The former Oregon congresswoman's departure marks the third woman to leave the administration in less than two months.

Transgender women must now argue individually that transfers would put them in harm’s way.

“We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit,” a company spokesperson told The Advocate.

The Kentucky governor says standing with transgender people isn’t risky. It’s how you win.

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Ms. Demure says the bill could reach beyond nightlife, affecting Pride, youth events, and public life.

The plan casts opposition to “traditional values” as terrorism and raises fears of political targeting.

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The award-winning model says his banishment was the worst day of his life.

Lawmakers say exclusionary provisions risk collapsing a once-bipartisan effort to build the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

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