s*****n
发帖数: 325 | 1 这帮人是疯了
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/doma-republicans_n_247
WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders have signed on to spend up to $3
million to keep defending the Defense of Marriage Act in court, according to
a copy of their newly revised legal contract obtained by The Huffington
Post.
House Republican leaders took over the legal defense of DOMA in the spring
of 2011, when Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Obama
administration would no longer defend it on the grounds that they found it
unconstitutional. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders
hired attorneys at the law firm Bancroft LLC to represent the House in court
cases involving the federal ban on gay marriage -- all with taxpayer
dollars.
On Jan. 4, Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.), who chairs the House
Administration Committee, signed a revised contract with Bancroft LLC that
increases the spending cap to $3 million to allow Bancroft attorneys to keep
defending DOMA in various court cases. The revised contract also bears the
signatures of Bancroft partner Paul Clement and Kerry Kircher, general
counsel for the House of Representatives.
"It is further understood and agreed that, effective January 4, 2013, the
aforementioned $2,750,000.00 cap may be raised from time to time up to, but
not exceeding, $3,000,000.00, up on written notice of the General Counsel to
the Contractor specifying that the General Counsel is legally liable," the
contract reads.
A Boehner spokesman referred questions about increased spending on DOMA to
the House Administration Committee. A spokeswoman for the committee did not
immediately return a request for comment.
The revised contract comes on the heels of House Republican leaders
inserting language into the rules package for the 113th Congress that
authorizes the House legal team to keep paying outside counsel to defend
DOMA. The rules package also states that the House legal team continues to "
speak for" all House members in its defense of DOMA -- language that
infuriated Democrats opposed to the matter. All but one Republican, Rep.
Walter Jones (N.C.), voted to pass the rules package, effectively endorsing
the DOMA language. But a Jones spokesman told The Huffington Post that Jones
' opposition wasn't DOMA-related. | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 2 不知道彩虹版那帮对同婚/DOMA无动于衷的有什么想法。估计没什么想法，反正他们其
中大多数最后也是去骗婚。 | m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 3 $3 Million????? 这钱肯定是打水漂儿了啊，共和党真是一帮败家子啊！有这时间和金
钱，干点啥不行？
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【在 s*****n 的大作中提到】
: 这帮人是疯了
: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/doma-republicans_n_247
: WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders have signed on to spend up to $3
: million to keep defending the Defense of Marriage Act in court, according to
: a copy of their newly revised legal contract obtained by The Huffington
: Post.
: House Republican leaders took over the legal defense of DOMA in the spring
: of 2011, when Attorney General Eric Holder announced the Obama
: administration would no longer defend it on the grounds that they found it
: unconstitutional. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders
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