US-SB598-2011

U.S. Congress · SB 598 · 2011

Respect for Marriage Act of 2011

Pro-LGBTQ+Failed
Bill key
US-SB598-2011
State
U.S. Congress
Session
2011
Introduced
Last recorded status
introduced
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Citation (Bluebook)
S. 598, 112th Cong. (2011), https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/598/all-info.
Short citation
S. 598.
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Summary

Respect for Marriage Act

Curator notes

Amends DOMA, allows states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states

Sponsors

1 primary sponsor
NamePartyOfficeDistrictRole
Dianne FeinsteinDemocraticSenatorSD-CAPrimary sponsor
32 co-sponsors
Co-sponsors
NamePartyOfficeDistrictRole
Daniel AkakaDemocraticSenatorSD-HICo-sponsor
Michael BennetDemocraticSenatorSD-COCo-sponsor
Jeff BingamanDemocraticSenatorSD-NMCo-sponsor
Richard BlumenthalDemocraticSenatorSD-CTCo-sponsor
Barbara BoxerDemocraticSenatorSD-CACo-sponsor
Sherrod BrownDemocraticSenatorSD-OHCo-sponsor
Maria CantwellDemocraticSenatorSD-WACo-sponsor
Benjamin CardinDemocraticSenatorSD-MDCo-sponsor
Christopher CoonsDemocraticSenatorSD-DECo-sponsor
Richard DurbinDemocraticSenatorSD-ILCo-sponsor
Al FrankenDemocraticSenatorSD-MNCo-sponsor
Kirsten GillibrandDemocraticSenatorSD-NYCo-sponsor
Tom HarkinDemocraticSenatorSD-IACo-sponsor
Daniel InouyeDemocraticSenatorSD-HICo-sponsor
John KerryDemocraticSenatorSD-MACo-sponsor
Amy KlobucharDemocraticSenatorSD-MNCo-sponsor
Herb KohlDemocraticSenatorSD-WICo-sponsor
Frank LautenbergDemocraticSenatorSD-NJCo-sponsor
Patrick LeahyDemocraticSenatorSD-VTCo-sponsor
Carl LevinDemocraticSenatorSD-MICo-sponsor
Robert MenendezDemocraticSenatorSD-NJCo-sponsor
Jeff MerkleyDemocraticSenatorSD-ORCo-sponsor
Barbara MikulskiDemocraticSenatorSD-MDCo-sponsor
Patty MurrayDemocraticSenatorSD-WACo-sponsor
Jack ReedDemocraticSenatorSD-RICo-sponsor
Bernard SandersIndependentSenatorSD-VTCo-sponsor
Charles SchumerDemocraticSenatorSD-NYCo-sponsor
Jeanne ShaheenDemocraticSenatorSD-NHCo-sponsor
Mark UdallDemocraticSenatorSD-COCo-sponsor
Tom UdallDemocraticSenatorSD-NMCo-sponsor
Sheldon WhitehouseDemocraticSenatorSD-RICo-sponsor
Ron WydenDemocraticSenatorSD-ORCo-sponsor

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