HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania State Senate has voted to advance a discriminatory anti-transgender amendment to the re-authorization of the state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Introduced by State Senator Don White, the amendment would cut transition-related surgical services for transgender youth out of the program. HB1338 passed the Senate by a 37-13 vote and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Even as another attempt surfaces in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act and cut Medicaid funding, the Trump administration is working to revise a provision of the law (Section 1557) that outlaws discrimination against sex and gender identity in federally funded health programs. In a media briefing call today, experts from…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate voted 51-50 today to move forward with a debate on health care reform. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote. Only two Republican senators who joined Democrats in voting no on the motion to proceed — Susan Collins from Maine and Lisa Murkowski from Alaska. The Human Rights Campaign…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senators Moran and Lee have refused to vote on the so-called Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), erasing the Republican party’s hope of gaining 50 votes in favor, and effectively ending the third attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If passed, the bill would have destabilized the insurance market, gutted Medicaid spending, defunded Planned…
WASHINGTON, DC — Senate Republicans unveiled a revised version of their health care repeal bill Thursday. While the Congressional Budget Office has yet to score this latest draft of the legislation, a previous projection estimated the legislation will result in 22 million Americans losing their health insurance by 2026 — with 15 million losing their…
MONTGOMERY, AL – The Heart of Dixie has grown colder today. This afternoon, the Alabama House of Representatives passed HB24, deceptively named the Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act, on a 87-0 vote with 6 abstaining. The bill now heads to Governor Kay Ivey’s desk. HB24 would create a broad license to discriminate in the…
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Eight pieces of legislation authored by Sen. Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) – shaping policy ranging from environmental protection, veterans issues and human trafficking to healthcare and LGBT and labor rights – advanced in the California Senate this week: SB 214 cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 17 and was sent to the…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Tuesday, the Alabama State Senate and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh passed the anti-LGBTQ H.B. 24. HRC Alabama has called upon Gov. Kay Ivey to not sign this bill, which would most harm the children in Alabama’s child welfare system. The bill, deceptively titled the “Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act,” would…
WASHINGTON — Today, Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States. He becomes the 113th justice of the Supreme Court. Vice President Pence presided over the Senate on the final vote, which was 54-45, as three Democrats crossed party lines to confirm…
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—This week, two bills authored by Sen. Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) cleared key policy committees and moved on to the Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration. Tuesday, SB 214 passed through the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee on an 8-1 vote. The bill strengthens the capacity of the San Diego River Conservancy to …
