This story is a repost from HuffingtonPost.com. Mitch McConnell has rounded up the necessary votes to block Democrats from bringing Wall Street reform to the Senate floor, a spokesman for the Senate Minority Leader said on Friday afternoon. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on Thursday he planned to bring the bill to the [...]

This story is a repost from WashingtonPost.com President Obama mandated Thursday that nearly all hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and respect patients’ choices about who may make critical health-care decisions for them, perhaps the most significant step so far in his efforts to expand the rights of gay [...]