D.C. same sex marriage law survives Supreme Court challenge

(National Law Journal) Without comment, the Supreme Court this morning turned down a challenge to D.C.'s same-sex marriage law. The petition in the case of Jackson v. D.C. Board of Elections was aimed at reviving a proposed ballot initiative that would have asked D.C. voters to define marriage as between a man and a woman. Last year the D.C. City Council approved same-sex marriages, the sixth jurisdiction in the nation to do so.

Washington (CNN) -- House Republicans moved one step closer Tuesday to fulfilling their 2010 campaign promise to repeal President Barack Obama's controversial health care overhaul.

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