Rob Portman

White House fights back on IRS as GOP keeps up pressure

2013-05-19 13:02:00

WASHINGTON — A senior White House aide insisted Sunday that President Obama learned only from news reports that an IRS office had singled out dozens of tea party organizations and other conservative groups for questionable scrutiny, while...

Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Doctor Who'

2013-05-17 12:18:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor's (Matt Smith)...

Supreme Court gay marriage debate prompts lawmakers to state support

2013-03-27 11:38:00

WASHINGTON -- Six Democratic senators have announced their support for same-sex marriage in nearly as many days, policy reversals that reflect the changing politics of the issue as the Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark cases. Since...

At Supreme Court, gay marriage comes full circle

2013-03-26 03:20:00

It is the hottest ticket in the country. On Tuesday morning, only a lucky few will be inside the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the historic arguments over whether California’s gay marriage ban is constitutional. Among the 400 courtroom spectators...

Chief Justice Roberts' lesbian cousin hopes for gay marriage win

2013-03-25 20:02:00

SAN FRANCISCO – For Ohio senator Rob Portman, knowing that his son was gay helped change Portman's mind. For President Obama, talking with gay White House staffers and learning that his daughters’ friends had same-sex parents proved...

GOP rejects gay marriage, asks Supreme Court to uphold Prop. 8

2013-04-12 15:10:00

Republican leaders unanimously approved a resolution Friday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8, the measure under court review that forbids same-sex marriage in California. The Republican National Committee “affirms its...

Sen. Mark Kirk announces support for same-sex marriage

2013-04-02 12:09:00

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) on Tuesday announced that he supports gay marriage, joining a growing list of U.S. senators who offer such support. "When I climbed the Capitol steps in January, I promised myself that I would return to the...

Daum: Cure for homophobia? It's personal

2013-03-21 00:00:00

The other day, I stumbled across a conversation about homosexuality on a local Christian radio station. There were three people talking, and after the predictable hemming and hawing about loving the sinner and hating the sin (though in this case, the...

Fuming over the assault weapons ban's failure

2013-03-20 13:28:00

To say that that the preponderance of letters we receive on assault weapons call for their ban wouldn't be an exaggeration. So when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday that the ban proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein wouldn't be brought to...

Hillary Clinton, Portman and gay marriage: What took her so long?

2013-03-18 17:03:27

Hillary Rodham Clinton announces support for same-sex marriage

2013-03-18 09:56:00

WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton, free to dip her toe in the water of domestic politics after four years as the nation’s chief diplomat, joined other leading Democrats in endorsing same-sex marriage. Clinton’s announcement –...

GOP Sen. Rob Portman announces support for same-sex marriage

2013-03-15 09:02:00

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio has become one of the most prominent elected Republicans to announce his support for same-sex marriage, a "change of heart" that he said began when his son told him that he was gay. Portman, who was on Mitt Romney'...

US Republican Senator from Ohio Rob Portman leaves the room as acting US Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on the President's 2013 Trade Agenda on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 19, 2013.

2013-03-21 18:04:00

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) announced on March 14, 2013 that he has reversed his stance against same-sex marriage because his son, Will Portman, is gay.

2013-03-15 15:24:00

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney talks to Sen. Rob Portman on his campaign plane en route to Denver on Monday. Portman has been taking the role of President Obama in debate preparations with Romney.

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