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Senate May Vote on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Tomorrow
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAccording to the The Daily Beast, Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, the freshman New York Democrat who replaced Hillary Clinton, may introduce an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill tomorrow to put an 18-month moratorium on dismissing gay service members from the military under the Pentagon's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. If the Senate votes on the amendment, it would be the first time since 1993 that senators will go on record for their support of, or opposition to, the policy. Although President Obama pledged during the 2008 campaign to immediately repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the White ...
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By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyIn the history of the United States, just seven women have had babies while serving in Congress. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is one of them. Gillibrand's second son, Henry, came eight months before Gov. David Paterson called to ask her to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat. Gillibrand now has two sons (Theodore is five), two jobs (being in the Senate and running for election in 2010), and, she says, the same challenges as any other working parent. In advance of Mother's Day (call your mom!), the Capitolist spoke with Sen. Gillibrand about her typical day, about the what other moms in ...
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