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Steve Ralls

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Name: Steve Ralls

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Senate Committee Sacrifices LGBT Protections in Immigration Reform Bill

CIVIL RIGHTS - In a stunning and disheartening defeat, Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee chose Tuesday not to include protections for binational same-sex couples in the comprehensive immigration reform bill currently making its way through ... [Published City Watch - May 24 2013]

Entities: LGBT, Immigration, Immigration Reform, Patrick Leahy, Homosexuality

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Groups look for next step in delicate immigration reform dance

After clearing the first hurdle in some of the most delicate legislative jockeying in recent memory, advocates of a comprehensive immigration reform bill are already looking to the next stage of the legislations progress as it heads toward a high-profile ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Mee Moua, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Charles E Schumer

Gay activists 'utterly betrayed'

After years of vilifying prominent religious and conservative leaders, gay activists on Wednesday turned their ire to an unlikely target: Democrats.Advocates said they felt “deeply disappointed” and “utterly betrayed” by several key senators — including ... [Published Politico - May 23 2013]

Entities: Charles E Schumer, Gay, Al Franken, Steve Ralls

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-Sex Amendment

After five marathon sessions debating 150 proposed amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a landmark rewriting of the nation's immigration laws this week â€” and the bill emerged largely intact.Three Republicans voted with the panel's 10 ... [Published WVPE 88.1 - May 22 2013]

Entities: Patrick Leahy, Immigration, Homosexuality, Steve Ralls

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Service Employees International Union

Divided We Brawl: The Fight to Unionize Vermont's Home Care Workers

Two of the nation’s leading labor unions worked hand in hand during this year’s legislative session to win collective bargaining rights for some 7000 home-care workers in Vermont.But with that decided, the two unions are now gearing up to fight each other ... [Published Seven Days Vermont - May 22 2013]

Entities: Service Employees International Union, Patrick Leahy, Randy Brock

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Patrick Leahy

Immigration Bill's Last Hurdle Tonight -- Gay Rights

Judiciary Chairman Patrick LeahyThe author of two amendments that could derail the reform package, Leahy will still not say whether he plans to put forward an amendment tonight that would extend the bill’s immigration provisions to gay couples.Democrats ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 21 2013]

Entities: Patrick Leahy, Immigration, Gay Rights

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Leahy submits gay-inclusive immigration amendment

As expected, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy introduced amendments Tuesday (May 7) to enable gay citizens to sponsor their "permanent" same-sex partners for immigration, under the proposed comprehensive immigration reform legislation.The Senate Judiciary Committee ... [Published Windy City Times - May 08 2013]

Entities: Patrick Leahy, Immigration, Ralls (United States), Homosexuality

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Some Democrats Back Same-Sex Amendment To Immigration Bill

The immigration overhaul bill before the Senate would provide, among other things, more visas for migrant farm workers and high-tech workers, and a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.One thing ... [Published New England Public Radio - May 06 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Homosexuality, Green Card, Lesbian

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Local Briefs: LGBT immigrants to participate in Citizenship for All march in Dallas

Quir Dallas, a group for undocumented LGBT immigrants, will participate in the Citizenship for All march in downtown Dallas on May 5. LGBT and straight allies are welcome to join.Lucy Martinez asked people to bring Pride flags, and posters will be pr ... [Published Dallas Voice - May 04 2013]

Entities: LGBT, Immigration, Dallas (Texas, United States), Ralls (United States), Homosexuality

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

The GOP may kill immigration reform over gay rights. The Supreme Court could stop them.

Fabiola Morales, left, a Peruvian citizen, was threatened with separation from her wife, Kelly Costello, because the federal government doesn’t recognize their marriage. (Maria Vicencio Photography) Though some members of the Republican party have ... [Published Ezra Klein - May 03 2013]

Entities: Steve Ralls, Republican Party (US), Gay Rights, Supreme Court

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 3 reports

Gay Rights Push Could Endanger Immigration Bill

Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via (WASHINGTON) -- A push to include gay couples in a bipartisan immigration reform bill threatens to upset the delicate coalition backing the proposal in the Senate, Politico reports.Under current law, Americans in a heterosexual ... [Published KNSS Radio - May 02 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Push, Republican Party (US)

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 2 reports

US: Gay rights groups disappointed as immigration reform bill leaves out same-sex couples

The immigration reform bill contained no mention of same-sex couplesGay rights organisations pushing for same-sex couples to be included in an immigration reform bill in Washington, have expressed worry as a version of the bill introduced this month makes ... [Published Pink News - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Steve Ralls, Green Card, Jay Carney

Quotes

"When the base bill was not inclusive," said Ralls, talking about the Gang of Eight's original draft proposal, "they assured us we would receive a vote in committee."

Immigration bill passes; no gay amendments [Published Windy City Times - May 22 2013]

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Senate Committee Sacrifices LGBT Protections in... [Published City Watch - May 24 2013]
Groups look for next step in delicate immigrati... [Published NBCNews.com - May 24 2013]
Gay activists 'utterly betrayed' [Published Politico - May 23 2013]
Fears Of Killing Immigration Bill Doomed Same-S... [Published WVPE 88.1 - May 22 2013]
Divided We Brawl: The Fight to Unionize Vermont... [Published Seven Days Vermont - May 22 2013]
Immigration bill passes; no gay amendments [Published Windy City Times - May 22 2013]
Immigration Bill's Last Hurdle Tonight -- Gay R... [Published Yahoo! News - May 21 2013]
Leahy submits gay-inclusive immigration amendment [Published Windy City Times - May 08 2013]
BREAKING: Leahy to amend immigration bill for g... [Published Washington Blade - May 07 2013]
Some Democrats Back Same-Sex Amendment To Immig... [Published New England Public Radio - May 06 2013]
Local Briefs: LGBT immigrants to participate in... [Published Dallas Voice - May 04 2013]
The GOP may kill immigration reform over gay ri... [Published Ezra Klein - May 03 2013]
Gay Rights Push Could Endanger Immigration Bill [Published KNSS Radio - May 02 2013]
Gay Rights Push Could Endanger Immigration Bill [Published WJR - May 01 2013]
Could Gay Rights Endanger Immigration Bill? [Published ABC News - May 01 2013]
US: Gay rights groups disappointed as immigrati... [Published Pink News - Apr 28 2013]
Same-sex couples left out of immigration reform... [Published MySanAntonio - Apr 28 2013]
Mexican drug queen cops plea deal [Published New York Daily News - Apr 27 2013]
Kolbe: Rights for same-sex partners [Published Politico - Apr 22 2013]
GOP proposal leaves out gay couples [Published Politico - Apr 19 2013]
Gay Families Included in Imm. Bill? [Published ABC News - Apr 17 2013]
Gay-rights movement [Published Seattle Times - Mar 07 2013]
Immigration's missing piece [Published San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 29 2013]
US may grant gay immigrants deportation reprieve [Published Taipei Times Online - Sep 29 2012]
US may give gay couples deportation reprieve [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - Sep 29 2012]

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The GOP may kill immigration reform over gay ri... [Published Ezra Klein - May 03 2013] Fabiola Morales, left, a Peruvian citizen, was threatened with separation from her wife, Kelly Costello, because the federal government doesn’t recognize their marriage. (Maria Vicencio Photography) Though some members of the Republican party have ...