Saturday, December 11, 2010

Lieberman introduces SB 4022, a stand-alone repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Making good on his promise, tweeted yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), on Thursday, introduced Senate Bill 4022, “a bill to provide for the repeal of the Department of Defense policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces known as ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’”

The bill is co-sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.).

Lieberman said Thursday that he has the necessary 60 votes to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which was defeated yesterday, for the second time, as part of the larger Defense Authorization bill, when the GOP-led filibuster prevented a debate and vote from coming to the Senate floor.

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