Directive 'catastrophic' for queer asylum seekers
Sinema was instrumental in shoring up support in the chamber for passage of the Respect for Marriage Act in 2022
Republican opposition has essentially killed measure that includes foreign aid
The Daily Beast revealed in May 2023 that Sinema had spent significant amounts of her 2024 reelection campaign cash on air travel
Wanda Sykes, Jennifer Coolidge among honorees
Sinema has often earned the ire of many of her Democratic colleagues for stymying progressive legislation- refusing to abandon the filibuster
Bill received final approval last week
Sinema’s reputation as an iconoclast has occasionally frustrated her Democratic colleagues in the chamber as well as progressives more broadly
With 258 votes in favor, 169 opposed, and one Member voting “present,” the legislation will now be signed into law
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, and LGBTQ groups celebrated Tuesday's victory
