Today, the Senate has taken an historic step toward ending a policy that undermines our national security while violating the very ideals that our brave men and women in uniform risk their lives to defend. By ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” no longer will our nation be denied the service of thousands of patriotic Americans forced to leave the military, despite years of exemplary performance, because they happen to be gay.
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. We are in the middle of a tough fight to get our economy growing faster, so that businesses across our country can open and expand, so that people can find good jobs, and so that we can repair the terrible damage that was done by the worst recession in our lifetimes. Today we received some encouraging news.
Congressman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) called upon the White House and Congress to void a Supreme Court ruling striking down local gun bans.
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that local gun owners can challenge local and state courts for violating their Second Amendment rights to bear arms.
Congressman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) called upon the White House and Congress to void a Supreme Court ruling striking down local gun bans.
