Freshman Democrats kill transgender amendment

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"Freshman Democrats kill transgender amendment
By Jonathan E. Kaplan
October 25, 2007
Reps. Tim Walz (Minn.) and Ron Klein (Fla.), leaders of the class of freshman Democrats, carried a message to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday that their fellow first-term lawmakers did not want to vote on an amendment extending civil rights to transgender employees."

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/freshman-democrats-kill-transgender-amendment-2007-10-25.html