Judy Shepard, the mother of Mathew Shepard, for whom S. 909, the Mathew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act is named, met with President Barack Obama in the White House on Wednesday May 20th.The U.S. House of Representatives version of the bill, H.R. 1913, passed that body on April 29th by a vote of 249-175.
The White House released the photo and urged the Senate to act quickly on the pending legislation so the President could sign it into law.
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