Meanwhile, in the House…

The House of representatives passes a stand alone bill to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell:

After impassioned debate both for and against the measure, the House of Representatives today passed a standalone bill to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The measure passed by a vote of 250 to 175, and the House broke into applause at the announcement of the final vote.

The measure was introduced Tuesday, in the final days of the Democratic-led 111th Congress, after the Senate last week failed to pass a defense authorization bill that included a repeal of the policy. "Don't ask," which has been in effect since 1993, prohibits gays from serving openly in the military.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today that repealing the law would fix a "fundamental unfairness in our nation" and "honor the service and sacrifice of all who dedicated their lives to protecting the American people."

Considering the relatively efficiencies of the House and the Senate, I am thinking that the "World's greatest deliberative body", i.e. the Senate, is nothing more than growth media for sociopathic narcissists.