S.909 - Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act

A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as introduced.
  • Popular: Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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04/27/09
S. 909: A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local ...

A bill in the US Congress: A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.

04/29/09
Pam's House Blend:: Winger bigots embarrass themselves on the ...

NBJC is pleased at the passage of H.R. 1913 and urges our members and supporters to work to ensure that the Senate adopt the companion legislation S. 909 and send the bill to President Obama for his signature. ...

04/29/09
Why we fight, reason #96,147

...or unwilling to address hate crimes to receive assistance from the federal government.   The Senate version of the bill is S.909, sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy.   Rep. John Conyers sponsored the House bill.  This is only a preview. Your comment ha

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04/29/09
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF): Hate ...

It is my personal choice never to use it, though it is spelled out in the SPLC source material. UPDATE: The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act has been introduced to the Senate as S. 909 (Hate Crimes Prevention Act). ...

04/29/09
HATE BILL PASSED IN HOUSE! « Pragmatic Witness

Tell all members of the Senate: “Please don't vote for the pedophile-protecting federal hate crimes bill, S. 909. Please insist on Judiciary hearings to debate this very dangerous, freedom-threatening legislation.” ...

04/29/09
Hate Crimes Bill Passes House of Representatives; Includes Gender ...

Contact your Senators' offices and ask for their support for the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, S.909, which was introduced yesterday by Senator Edward Kennedy. If your Representative voted for H.R. 1913, ...

04/29/09
DAVID-BAPTISTE CHIROT: HRW: : Victory: House Passes Matthew ...

Today, the House voted for justice. Will we be outmatched in the Senate? You and ten friends decide. Send this powerful video to ten friends and ask them to urge their senators to take up the Matthew Shepard Act (S. 909). ...

04/29/09
Mixed Fruits* Blogs: Hate Crimes Bill - Senate Action!

I am pretty sure that it is S.909. Text is not yet available from the Government Printing Office. It has been referred to Senate committee, read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. It already has 33 co-sponsors. ...

04/29/09
planetransgender: Republican Congresswoman Foxx (NC) calls Matthew ...

S.909. Track your Senator's and Rep. Votes by e-mail. Track your Senator\. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation GLAAD Media Reference Guide, 7th Edition. Vertaal, Ελληνικά

04/29/09
Virginia Foxx Launches Lying Contest with Michelle Bachmann « Fake ...

More importantly, you can contact your U.S. Senator to ask them to vote to pass the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Protection Act (S.909). It's passed the House already, despite the objections of Rep. ...

04/29/09
Pam's House Blend:: Hate Crimes Bill - on to the Senate

I am pretty sure that it is S.909. Text is not yet available from the Government Printing Office. It has been referred to Senate committee, read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. It already has 33 co-sponsors. ...

04/29/09
GLBTQ: Combined Gay News Headlines (T5T-1)

I am pretty sure that it is S.909. Text is not yet available from the Government Printing Office. It has been referred to Senate committee, read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. It already has 33 co-sponsors. ...

Source: GLBTQ
04/29/09
Everyday Thoughts Collected: The Way To Go Is The Way We Have Come ...

April 28: Hate Crimes Bill Introduced in Senate by Kennedy BILL # S.909 http://blog.gayrightswatch.com/2009/04/hate-crimes-bill-introduced-in-senate-by-kennedy-gay/. This afternoon, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) introduced the Matthew ...

04/29/09
End Bigotry in Venango County: GOP Hysterical Over Hate Crimes ...

NBJC is pleased at the passage of H.R. 1913 and urges our members and supporters to work to ensure that the Senate adopt the companion legislation S. 909 and send the bill to President Obama for his signature. ...

04/29/09
Kennedy Introduces Senate Hate Bill | Republic Broadcasting Network

By Rev. Ted Pike On Tuesday, April 28, Sen. Edward Kennedy introduced his Senate version of the federal hate crimes bill, S. 909. As in the House,

04/29/09
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - S.909 A bill to provide Federal ...

S.909 A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. on OpenCongress.

04/29/09
WAR OF PERCEPTION: Mexican Flu Distracts Americans From Passage Of ...

Tell all members of the Senate: "Please don't vote for the pedophile-protecting federal hate crimes bill, S. 909. Please insist on Judiciary hearings to debate this very dangerous, freedom-threatening legislation." ...

04/29/09
planetransgender: Hate Crimes Bill Passes House of Representatives

What you can do. Contact your Senators' offices and ask for their support for the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, S.909, which was introduced yesterday by Senator Edward Kennedy. ...

04/30/09
Action, Not Words! - Pretend President Tries to Censor Bob Basso ...

But even that most important venue of redress is under attack from the fearful members of congress, with the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Hate Bill (HR 1913) and in the Senate (S. 909). You cowards of congress have started ...

04/30/09
Hate Crime Bill Passes House - Say Goodbye to Free Speech ...

Tell all members of the Senate: "Please don't vote for the pedophile-protecting federal hate crimes bill, S. 909. Please insist on Judiciary hearings to debate this very dangerous, freedom-threatening legislation ...

04/30/09
Israel is the Whore of Babylon: WOW! MEXICO IS DECLARING THIS ...

Republic Broadcasting Network · Kennedy Introduces Senate Hate Bill - By Rev. Ted Pike On Tuesday, April 28, Sen. Edward Kennedy introduced his Senate version of the federal hate crimes bill, S. 909. As in the House, we may . ...

04/30/09
VCY: Homefront Wisconsin: Hate Crimes Legislation Introduced in Senate

It is Bill number S.909. At its introduction, 34 cosponsors have signed on to the legislation. Here in Wisconsin, you can address your comments to your two Wisconsin Senators, Herb Kohl & Russ Feingold. You may ask for their offices by ...

04/30/09
Mixed Fruits* Blogs: S. 909 - Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill

S. 909 - Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill. Senator Kennedy's speech on the Bill he sponsored. Courtesy of The Congressional Record, that wonderful publication that records what goes on in our federal capital's legislative chambers. ...

04/30/09
Maureen Gerrish commented on the group 'Patriots For America ...

Maureen Gerrish commented on the group 'Patriots For America - Massachusetts'. For convenience of faxing/calling senators to defeat S.909: Senator WV Byrd Robert D 202-224-3954 (fax)202-228-0002 Senator MD Cardin Benjamin D 202-224-4524 ...

04/30/09
Just Another Black Sheep: S. 909: From Matthew Shepard's Mom, an ...

S 909 is next scheduled to go to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Likely no votes: Cobern (R-OK) is very anti-gay. Cobern is about as anti-gay as one could be. He supports a ban on gay adoptions and likewise a federal ban on gay marriage ...

04/30/09
Random Ramblings From a Dad in Training: It'll Soon Be Against the ...

Now it goes to the Senate (S. 909) for a vote. If it passes, you can pretty much guarantee Obama will put his rubber stamp of approval on it because he's approved of everything else that does away with the sanctity of all that is holy ...

04/30/09
five feet of fury. (swine flu is the loch ness monster of diseases.)

Watch the dynamic 10-minute educational video How to Kill the Hate Bills at which explains how the hate bill, S.909, ends freedom. Please tell the offices of members of Congress to watch it! Also watch our gripping 82-minute documentary ...

04/30/09
planetransgender: NGblog: Judy Shepard on Rachel Maddow/MSNBC

It is now in the Senate Judiciary committee waiting recommendations as S.909 with a final destination at the White House where President Obama promised to sign it. Thanks NG Blog. Posted by Kelli Anne Busey at 7:55 PM Labels: NG Blog ...

04/30/09
Don't Let Virginia Foxx off the Hook « Fake Virginia

Contact your U.S. Senator to ask them to vote to pass the Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Protection Act (S.909). Doing so will honor the life and memory of Matthew Shepard and will send a strong message to the ...

04/30/09
I RESIST LEFTIST EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN - The Patriotic Resistance

Please do NOT vote for the federal hate crimes bill, S. 909. On Oct. 8, 2004, 11 Christians were arrested and jailed for 21 hours under Pennsylvania's anti-hate law. They had been peacefully preaching at a "Gay Pride" parade. ...

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