Minority leader asks why Democrats excluded from negotiations
Clement hired at blended rate of $520 an hour
Measure would expand certification to include service chiefs
Speaker taps Bush solicitor general to defend law
Democratic lawmakers hammer anti-gay activist
Lawmakers write to administration seeking executive action
Merkley backs exec order barring LGBT job bias
Gallagher among scheduled witnesses; HRC says GOP 'obsessed' with discrimination
Gay nuptials legal in both early voting states
Secretary responds to letter from Bachus, Frank