Senator Heidi Heitkamp To Vote No On Kavanaugh — It’s Now 48-47

Senator Heidi Heitkamp To Vote No On Kavanaugh — It’s Now 48-47

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-North Dakota) announced Thursday that she's going to vote no on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, leaving five undecided senators with Kavanaugh still two short of the number he needs for confirmation.

Heitkamp had been considered a possible yes vote since she is running for re-election in a state that President Donald Trump won 64-28 in 2016.

Possible $50,000 Penalty For Gender-Identity Law Violations, Question 3 Opponent Says
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Possible $50,000 Penalty For Gender-Identity Law Violations, Question 3 Opponent Says

Matthew McDonald

People who repeatedly deny services in public accommodations to transgender people could face up to a $50,000 civil penalty under the state's gender identity law, an opponent of the law told a radio talk show host.

Andrew Beckwith, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, appeared on the Howie Carr Show on WRKO AM-680 in Boston on Wednesday night to talk about a Milton beauty parlor called Belle Visage, which refused to perform a bikini wax on a biological male who identifies as a woman.

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