House Defeats Gay Marriage Ban Amendment
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WASHINGTON Oct. 1, 2004 - The House followed the Senate in decisively rejecting a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, ending for this year debate on what has become the dominant issue for the Republican Party&#39;s conservative base.
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WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to the country&#39;s only law legalizing gay marriage. Conservative groups had asked the court to overturn a November 2003 ruling by the Massachusetts
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The House joined the Senate Thursday in refusing to approve a constitutional amendment to bar gay marriage, described by supporters as a vital protection for traditional families but denounced by foes as a divisive pre-election ploy to inflame prejudice.
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Washington -- The House&#39;s only openly gay Republican denounced his party Thursday for voting on a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in an emotional and often personal debate that sent the measure to its legislative grave.
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The U.S. House of Representatives  voted on Friday to prohibit any aid to Saudi Arabia as  lawmakers accused the close ally of religious intolerance and  bankrolling terrorist organizations.
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Canada's Parliament on Thursday upheld a 2005 law allowing same-sex marriage, throwing out a bid by the minority Conservative government to revisit the contentious issue.
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The US House of Representatives, voting less than five weeks before the presidential election, rejected a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage backed by President George W. Bush.
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WASHINGTON - In a sharp rebuke of a new administration policy, the House moved Thursday to block the Labor Department from carrying out overtime rules that critics argued could deprive millions of workers of their overtime pay.    The 223-193 vote in favor of blocking the rules defied the White House...
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The Republican-controlled House of Representatives failed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes pushed to a vote in the run-up to Election Day.
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A bill that would repeal most local gun laws in the nation&#39;s capital passed the House Wednesday, over the objections of city officials including the mayor and police chief.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday rejected a Senate-passed spy agency overhaul clearing  the way for passage of a Republican-written measure that  critics said includes controversial provisions that could snarl  the bill in congressional wrangling.
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Washington - The United States (US) Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the only state that allows gay marriages, declining to hear an appeal aimed at overturning the Massachusetts law that prompted a debate on the legality and morality of same-sex
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WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled House moved toward certain defeat of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes pushed to a vote in the run-up to Election Day.   "God created Adam and Eve, He didn't create Adam and Steve," said Rep...
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The U.S. House of Representatives failed on Thursday to muster the two-thirds majority needed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment backed by President Bush to ban gay marriage.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday defied the White House and voted to ease limits on U.S. student travel and trade with Cuba, but defeated a measure that would have lifted all economic sanctions.
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The House failed to reach the two-thirds margin that supporters will need if President Bush vetoes the measure.
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The 227-186 roll call Thursday by which the House defeated a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Supporters of the amendment fell 49 votes short of the 276 votes they need to advance the bill.