Hoyer Announces Murphy DADT Repeal Standalone Bill

[jefferson_dem]

Hoyer Announces Murphy DADT Repeal Standalone Bill
Posted by Chris Geidner on December 14, 2010 10:50 AM | Permalink

Igor Volsky reports the news that "House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced that Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) will introduce a stand-alone <"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"> repeal bill that he will co-sponsor and bring to the House floor in short order."

The bill identical to S. 4023 -- the standalone DADT repeal bill introduced by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) -- which, if passed without amendment, would prevent the need for a conference committee to sort out the differences between the two bills in the lame-duck session.

A spokeswoman from Murphy's office would only say that Hoyer was addressing the issue currently and that Murphy's office would commenting shortly.

Alex Nicholson, executive director of Servicemembers United, said in a statement, "The swift introduction of an identical repeal bill in the House shows that continued efforts to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' this year are still very much alive and the process is moving forward."

Murphy -- the lead on DADT repeal in the House this past year -- is in his final days in Congress, having lost re-election to former Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) in November. Despite the loss, Murphy is pushing forward on the signature issue that led to his strong support from the LGBT community.

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http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2010/12/hoyer-announces-murphy-dadt-re.html

[leveymg]

1. He's still a putz.

[jenmito]

2. K&R. I only hope those that voted no in the Senate because the tax deal wasn't done yet

won't do so again if the repeal passes in the House and then is sent to the Senate before the tax bill is passed.

[Clio the Leo]

3. kick nt

[blue neen]

4. Good for Rep. Murphy.

He is putting his last days in office to good use. I'm very sorry that he lost in November.

:patriot:

[jenmito]

5. Kick.

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. Just in case people aren't aware, Patrick Murphy is a Blue Dog