PORTMAN SWORN IN AS US TRADE REP
Rob Portman was sworn in as US Trade Representative during a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House in Washington on May 17, 2005. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition will now rate lawmakers on their gun records, the coalition's director said.
Same-sex marriage is garnering new-found, or at least more publicized, acceptance across the United States, cutting across political and philosophical lines as the idea of two people of the same sex in a committed relationship isn't as off-putting as it was, say, a year ago.
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Two U.S. senators said Tuesday they favor gay marriage -- Mark Kirk of Illinois, just the second Republican solon to do so, and Democrat Tom Carper of Delaware.
Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., said his son's homosexuality had not led him to change his view that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
A Republican U.S. presidential nominee will back same-sex marriage sooner or later and will get party support, says a senator widely seen as a rising GOP star.
Claire McCaskill has come out in support of gay marriage, becoming the second sitting U.S. senator to reverse a long-held position on the issue in recent days.
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, says he now endorses same-sex marriage, a "new perspective" brought on by his son's 2011 revelation that he is gay.
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Free tickets to President Barack Obama's inauguration originating from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Rob Portman have surfaced for sale online.
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