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Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Implement Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decisions
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Iowa Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
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Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Commisioner of the Social Security Administration - Same Sex Couples and Social Security Benefits
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Welch Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Marriage Equality Cases
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Sanders Statement on President Obama's Support of Marriage Equality
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Welch Statement on President's Support of Marriage Equality
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Letter to Republican Senate Candidate Rich Tarrant
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Jan. 1, 2015
Issue Position: Fighting for LGBT Equality
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Oct. 26, 2015
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Implement Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decisions
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 26, 2015
Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Oct. 25, 2015
Sanders Cites Early Support for Gay Rights
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Oct. 24, 2015
Iowa Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 9, 2015
Letter to Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 5, 2015
Sanders Welcomes Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 28, 2015
ABC News "This Week" - Transcript: Bernie Sanders
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June 26, 2015
Equal Justice Under Law
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 26, 2015
Sanders Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
Sen.Bernie Sanders
April 28, 2015
Sanders on Gay Marriage: "Time for Supreme Court to Catch Up to the American People'
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Sept. 30, 2014
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Commisioner of the Social Security Administration - Same Sex Couples and Social Security Benefits
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 22, 2014
Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Social Security Administration Acting Commissioner- Same-Sex Spouses Deserve Equal Social Security Benefits
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Oct. 17, 2013
Playboy - The Playboy Interview: Bernie Sanders
Sen.Bernie Sanders
July 8, 2013
Letter to Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security - Civil Rights and Marriage Equality
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
June 26, 2013
Welch Praises Supreme Court Rulings on Marriage Equality
Sen.Peter Welch
June 26, 2013
VA Benefits Equality
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 26, 2013
Sanders Welcomes Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 26, 2013
Supreme Court Victories for Gay Marriage
Sen.Bernie Sanders
June 26, 2013
VA Benefits Equality
Sen.Bernie Sanders
March 1, 2013
212 Members of Congress File Historic Amicus Brief on DOMA Case before U.S. Supreme Court
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Jan. 17, 2013
Letter to Attorney General Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano - Immigration, DOMA and LGBT cases
Sen.Bernie Sanders, ...
Dec. 7, 2012
Sanders Statement on Gay Marriage Cases
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Dec. 7, 2012
Welch Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Marriage Equality Cases
Sen.Peter Welch
Oct. 18, 2012
Defense of Marriage Act
Sen.Peter Welch
Oct. 11, 2012
Rep. Schiff Announces Almost 40 Members of Congress Have Participated in NOH8 Campaign
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
Sept. 7, 2012
Pelosi, Nadler, 143 House Members File New Amicus Brief on Federal Case Against DOMA
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
July 10, 2012
Pelosi, Nadler, 130 House Members File Amicus Brief on Federal Case Against DOMA
Sen.Peter Welch, ...
May 9, 2012
Sanders Statement on President Obama's Support of Marriage Equality
Sen.Bernie Sanders
May 9, 2012
Welch Statement on President's Support of Marriage Equality
Sen.Peter Welch
May 1, 2006
Letter to Republican Senate Candidate Rich Tarrant
Sen.Bernie Sanders
Jan. 1, 2015
Issue Position: Fighting for LGBT Equality
Sen.Bernie Sanders
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