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“It’s heartbreaking, scary, and deeply harmful,” Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids, who said the Department of Health and Human Services should keep the successful suicide prevention program intact, told The Advocate.
U.S. representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.) announced today the formation of the LGBT Equality Caucus. The 52-member bipartisan group, which includes two Republicans, marks the nation's first congressional caucus with the express purpose of advancing equal rights for LGBT people, repealing discriminatory laws and educating lawmakers on gay issues. Baldwin and Frank, both openly gay, cochair the caucus.
130 members of Congress filed a joint amicus brief supportive of a lesbian couple challenging DOMA in court.
