Ezra Klein writes for The Washington Post: “There are a lot of things Congress doesn’t know right now. What to do about jobs, for instance. Who’ll be running the House come January. How to balance the budget. But there is one thing that both parties increasingly seem to agree on: You should work longer.”
Shankar Vedantam writes for The Washington Post: “About 24,000 gay and lesbian couples in the United States include at least one foreign partner, according to an analysis of census data by researcher Gary Gates at UCLA’s Williams Institute. Though five states and D.C. issue marriage licenses to gay couples, a large number of the 24,000 so-called binational couples in long-term relationships live in states that do not allow or recognize gay marriage.”
Josh Gerstein and Meredith Shiner report for Politico: “Gay-rights activists are hailing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s decision to bring legislation to repeal the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell” policy to the Senate floor next week. But advocates and congressional aides are cautioning that the measure still faces daunting obstacles before the policy can be repealed — some of which have nothing to do with the gays-in-the-military issue.”
A Washington Post Editorial calls for the Senate to vote to repeal the military’s discriminatory Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy.
The woman who likely will oversee the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau talks to Lynn Parramore for Salon.