Defense of Marriage Act
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The Defense of Marriage Act was a United States federal law passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996. It banned federal recognitio
Pat Schroeder arguing against DOMA in the House of Representatives
Bill Clinton
Steve Gunderson
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Steven Craig Gunderson is an American former politician who was a Republican U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district from 1981 to 1997, when he was succeeded by Democrat Ron Kin
Defense of Marriage Act
…approval in both houses of the Republican-controlled Congress. On July 12, 1996, with only 65 Democrats and then Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Steve Gunderson (R-WI), in opposition, 342 members of the U.S. House of Representatives—224 Republicans and 118 Democrats—voted to pass DOMA. On September 10, 1996…
Gunderson in 2011