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Celebrating Passage of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act
October 23, 2009 —Senators Leahy, Levin and Specter today praised the passage of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Amendment as an important milestone in deterring violence against people based on their gender, sexual orientation or disability. After more than ten years since Senator Ted Kennedy introduced the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, civil rights leaders joined Democratic Senators in celebration of this historic legislation. "Passing this legislation honors the lives of those good people we lost too soon, but we must not mistake it for a monument to them. We are here because the scourge of hate violence that took these lives has not ended," said Joe Solmonese of Human Rights Campaign.
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The Senate will convene at 2:00 p.m. and proceed to a period of morning business until 3:00 p.m. with Senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.3590, with Senator Reid, or designee, permitted to offer the first amendment to the Reid substitute; further, that Senator McConnell, or designee, be permitted to offer the next amendment to the substitute with no other amendments in order during Monday's session. There will be no roll call votes during Monday's session.
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