Saturday, October 10, 2009

Hate Crimes Passes House, Senate on Deck

The House voted 281 to 146 Thursday to pass a Defense Department funding bill that includes a measure extending hate-crimes protections to people targeted on the basis of their gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.

The conference report for the Defense bill, which is a melding of the versions passed separately in the House and the Senate, will now move to a vote in the Senate as early as next week.

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