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because it appeared, on the sur- face, to be a debate about a small business bill. But that bill, which has been approved by both houses but not sent to conference, was gutted and language from a DADT repeal bill was inserted. This new language was introduced by U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy as a stand- alone repeal bill Dec. 14—as a way of encouraging and speeding up the passage of a similar standalone bill in the Senate. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D-San Francisco) took to the floor early in the debate to urge passage of the measure and cite polling data released Dec. 15 showing 8 out of 10 Americans support repeal. “It is my hope to encourage
the Senate to take this long over- due action,” Pelosi said. Rep. Murphy (D-Penn.), urg-
ing support for repeal, said, “Enough of the games. Enough of the politics… . This vote is about
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rarely is as necessary as it is to- day,” she said. “If we miss this opportunity to repeal this law, his- tory will judge us poorly. “The overwhelming majority of
service members are ready for this change, the American people want repeal of this law, and our civilian and military leaders believe repeal will not threaten military readi- ness, recruiting or retention. Republican Rep. Buck McKe-
on (R-San Bernardino), who will be the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee be- ginning in January, expressed “strong opposition” to the repeal measure. He lamented the com- mittee was not being given an op- portunity to hold its own hearing on the Dec. 1 report submitted by
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military with second-class sol- diers,” Green said. “I will not ask people who are willing to die for my country to lie for my country.” The Senate last week fell just
three votes short of moving to consideration of the issue through the Defense Authorization bill, which includes repeal language. West Virginia activists and the
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) delivered 800 petitions to the offices of West Virginia’s new Democratic Sena- tor, Joe Manchin, Dec. 15, hoping to reverse his recent vote against consideration of DADT repeal. Manchin, the only Democrat to
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Ark.) said in early December she would have voted for cloture on the defense bill had she been in the chamber during the vote. And Senator Scott Brown (R- Mass.) has said he would vote for cloture after the Senate com- pletes passage of a bill to extend tax cuts. The Senate on Dec. 15 also
passed the tax cut extension bill, then moved immediately to con- sideration of a new arms control treaty (START). Some are pre- dicting the House will soon pass the tax cut bill, too, fulfilling a Re- publican Party demand that has prevented consideration of DADT repeal and other issues. Just minutes before the House
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