publicly revealed he was gay but who had kind of tiptoed to the edge of coming out in front of some gay audiences. and bob dornan outed him as a way of selling his own anti-gay legislation to try to ban school districts from ever saying anything about the existence of gay people, particularly in relation to the issue of aids. and steve gunderson weathered it. he actually got re-elected again from his wisconsin district later that year. but those were nasty, nasty times. and two years after bob dornan outed steve gunderson on the floor of the house, congressman gunderson became the lone republican on the very lonely side of a vote that still resonates right now in the race for the presidency this year. it was a vote on something called the defense of marriage act, in 1996. that bill banned federal recognition of marriages between same-sex couples. it passed the house by a huge margin, 342 votes in favor, only 67 votes opposed. of the 67 votes opposed, 65 of
that weren t met to secure the border. that is is the anchor position. and rubio, who led as part of the gang of eight, and then sort of tiptoed quietly off of that is now going to have to begin in over the next few weeks, leading into the next debate, leading into january and february, begin to account for his leadership on the senate bill and ultimately what he decided to do or not do in that regard and defend what you see mr. cruz framing as amnesty. we just got some new video of jeb bush tonight. we re told we should take a look at. i guess it speaks for itself. we ll take a look. there it is, maria. it s the chest bump that we all been waiting to see jeb bush do in order to humanize himself and show us that he s not a stiff.
i read the papers correctly. if i don t, correct me. mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i think this conversation is out of order and has no place from michigan demands that the words be taken down? i ll wait. i m sick of this. the clerk will report the gentleman s words. because the gentleman s words were reported, taken down, that means they were taken out of the congressional record. maybe that s why congressman bob dornan was not censured for making that kind of a personal attack on another member of congress from the floor of the house. you re not supposed to be able to do something like that as a member of congress. but because his words were taken down, that was supposed to basically unring the bell, make it so he never said it. but he did. that march day in 1994 bob dornan really did out on the floor of the house of representatives a republican congressman named steve gunderson, who had never publicly revealed he was gay but who had kind of tiptoed to the
going back to the last time in 1986 when reagan passed an amnesty bill with all these bells and whistles and promises that weren t met to secure the border. that is is the anchor position. and rubio, who led as part of the gang of eight, and then sort of tiptoed quietly off of that is now going to have to begin in over the next few weeks, leading into the next debate, leading into january and february, begin to account for his leadership on the senate bill and ultimately what he decided to do or not do in that regard and defend what you see mr. cruz framing as amnes amnesty. we just got some new video of jeb bush tonight. we re told we should take a look at. i guess it 2350ek spespeaks for. we ll take a look. there it is, maria.