The state of the new landscape in the Senate doesn't kill chances
By Patti Tihey on January 28, 2010
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Scott Brown's special election victory this month, taking the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat, could have the power to derail passage of pro-gay civil rights legislation this year. The GOP Massachusetts state lawmaker's come-from-behind win January 19 eliminates the Democrats' supermajority of 60 votes in the Senate—a margin necessary to stop a filibuster-prone Republican minority from stalling any liberal-leaning legislation for the remainder of the Congressional session.
But key gay civil rights supporters in Congress are not conceding any fight.