Wednesday, Sept. 29,2010 7:08 p.m.
Here are some of the best programs that were also blocked.
Last week, the Senate Republicans successfully filibustered a Defense
Appropriations authorization that, among other things, would have given
the Department of Defense the authority to choose whether or not to
repeal the controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy which bars gay
individuals from serving openly in the armed services.
The DADT component of the bill received, by far, the most coverage. But
within the Defense authorization bill were dozens of other programs that
were killed alongside the DADY repeal.