When we last checked in with the legislative effort to repeal the military’s ban on openly gay servicemembers, Senate supporters of repeal had been stymied by a failed cloture vote on the defense spending bill that included repeal language. A last-ditch effort to save repeal emerged in the form of a standalone repeal bill separate from the defense bill, which proponents say has attracted 40 sponsors so far.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=117055