House Votes to Add Sexual Orientation to Law on Hate Crimes
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 9th, 2009 4:34 am by HL
House Votes to Add Sexual Orientation to Law on Hate Crimes
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would broaden the definition of federal hate crimes to include attacks based on sexual orientation, legislation that would bring major changes to a law enacted in the days after the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Health Industry Concerned About Reform Measures
The industry heavyweights President Obama neutralized through the summer are agitating that the health-care bills in Congress violate agreements they made with the White House, leave 25 million Americans uninsured and have the potential to increase medical costs.
Wall Street Has Geithner’s Ear
As the federal government propped up the housing market and braced for the collapse of General Motors, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner capped a busy week this spring with phone conversations with three men.