Word: sense
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The bill, Senate 1601, was sponsored by Sens. Kit Bond (R-Mont.), Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.).
Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.) led the opposition to the bill. Feinstein opened debate in the Senate by quoting from Rosenthal's letter.
There must be a reason why Coats believes marriage is an institution we should strengthen. If the reason is that having two people legally bound to each other and in a monogamous relationship is healthy, then it would not matter if the two people involved were of the same sex...
With Wilson no longer a factor, observers say the new format should benefit Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.), who has received the backing of most of the region's Republican leadership, including Weld, Connecticut Gov. John Rowland and Sens. William Cohen (R-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine).
Massachusetts' largely Democratic Congressional delegation--including Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy, and Sens. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 and John Kerry--have all denounced the Republican proposals.