“Today, we have taken the final major step toward ending the discriminatory ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law that undermines our military readiness and violates American principles of fairness and equality…in accordance with the legislation that I signed into law last December, I have certified and notified Congress that the requirements for repeal have been met.  ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ will end, once and for all, in 60 days—on September 20, 2011.”

Here’s a bunch more:

Via ohaioohio on reddit:

There’s also a lot of false equivalence of Democrats and Republicans here (“but both sides!” and Democrats “do whatever their corporate owners tell them to do” are tactics Republicans use successfully) even though their voting records are not equivalent at all:

House Vote for Net Neutrality

	For	Against
Rep	2	234
Dem	177	6

Senate Vote for Net Neutrality

	For	Against
Rep	0	46
Dem	52	0

Money in Elections and Voting

Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements

	For	Against
Rep	0	39
Dem	59	0

DISCLOSE Act

	For	Against
Rep	0	45
Dem	53	0

Backup Paper Ballots – Voting Record

	For	Against
Rep	20	170
Dem	228	0

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

	For	Against
Rep	8	38
Dem	51	3

Sets reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by electoral candidates to influence elections (Reverse Citizens United)

	For	Against
Rep	0	42
Dem	54	0

The Economy/Jobs

Limits Interest Rates for Certain Federal Student Loans

	For	Against
Rep	0	46
Dem	46	6

Student Loan Affordability Act

	For	Against
Rep	0	51
Dem	45	1

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Funding Amendment

	For	Against
Rep	1	41
Dem	54	0

End the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

	For	Against
Rep	39	1
Dem	1	54

Kill Credit Default Swap Regulations

	For	Against
Rep	38	2
Dem	18	36

Revokes tax credits for businesses that move jobs overseas

	For	Against
Rep	10	32
Dem	53	1

Disapproval of President’s Authority to Raise the Debt Limit

	For	Against
Rep	233	1
Dem	6	175

Disapproval of President’s Authority to Raise the Debt Limit

	For	Against
Rep	42	1
Dem	2	51

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

	For	Against
Rep	3	173
Dem	247	4

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

	For	Against
Rep	4	36
Dem	57	0

Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Bureau Act

	For	Against
Rep	4	39
Dem	55	2

American Jobs Act of 2011 – $50 billion for infrastructure projects

	For	Against
Rep	0	48
Dem	50	2

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension

	For	Against
Rep	1	44
Dem	54	1

Reduces Funding for Food Stamps

	For	Against
Rep	33	13
Dem	0	52

Minimum Wage Fairness Act

	For	Against
Rep	1	41
Dem	53	1

Paycheck Fairness Act

	For	Against
Rep	0	40
Dem	58	1

“War on Terror”

Time Between Troop Deployments

	For	Against
Rep	6	43
Dem	50	1

Habeas Corpus for Detainees of the United States

	For	Against
Rep	5	42
Dem	50	0

Habeas Review Amendment

	For	Against
Rep	3	50
Dem	45	1

Prohibits Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Trial

	For	Against
Rep	5	42
Dem	39	12

Authorizes Further Detention After Trial During Wartime

	For	Against
Rep	38	2
Dem	9	49

Prohibits Prosecution of Enemy Combatants in Civilian Courts

	For	Against
Rep	46	2
Dem	1	49

Repeal Indefinite Military Detention

	For	Against
Rep	15	214
Dem	176	16

Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention Amendment

	For	Against
Rep	1	52
Dem	45	1

Patriot Act Reauthorization

	For	Against
Rep	196	31
Dem	54	122

FISA Act Reauthorization of 2008

	For	Against
Rep	188	1
Dem	105	128

FISA Reauthorization of 2012

	For	Against
Rep	227	7
Dem	74	111

House Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison

	For	Against
Rep	2	228
Dem	172	21

Senate Vote to Close the Guantanamo Prison

	For	Against
Rep	3	32
Dem	52	3

Prohibits the Use of Funds for the Transfer or Release of Individuals Detained at Guantanamo

	For	Against
Rep	44	0
Dem	9	41

Oversight of CIA Interrogation and Detention

	For	Against
Rep	1	52
Dem	45	1

Civil Rights

Same Sex Marriage Resolution 2006

	For	Against
Rep	6	47
Dem	42	2

Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013

	For	Against
Rep	1	41
Dem	54	0

Exempts Religiously Affiliated Employers from the Prohibition on Employment Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

	For	Against
Rep	41	3
Dem	2	52

Family Planning

Teen Pregnancy Education Amendment

	For	Against
Rep	4	50
Dem	44	1

Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention

	For	Against
Rep	3	51
Dem	44	1

Protect Women’s Health From Corporate Interference Act The ‘anti-Hobby Lobby’ bill.

	For	Against
Rep	3	42
Dem	53	1

Environment

Stop “the War on Coal” Act of 2012

	For	Against
Rep	214	13
Dem	19	162

EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2013

	For	Against
Rep	225	1
Dem	4	190

Prohibit the Social Cost of Carbon in Agency Determinations

	For	Against
Rep	218	2
Dem	4	186

Misc

Prohibit the Use of Funds to Carry Out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

	For	Against
Rep	45	0
Dem	0	52

Prohibiting Federal Funding of National Public Radio

	For	Against
Rep	228	7
Dem	0	185

Allow employers to penalize employees that don’t submit genetic testing for health insurance (Committee vote)

	For	Against
Rep	22	0
Dem	0	17

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