Homosexual hate crime bill starved of votes in the House
ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 7, 2007

The Senate has dropped its insistence that Congress pass legislation expanding hate crime laws to include attacks on homosexuals because it became clear the measure wouldn't pass the House, according to congressional aides.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, was widely supported by Democrats and some moderate Senate Republicans. But because it was attached to a major defense policy bill that would have authorized more money for the Iraq war, many anti-war Democrats said they would oppose it. the rest