Now that Health Care Reform Passed, is the ENDA in Sight?
posted by: Steve Williams 20 hours ago
http://www.care2.com/causes/civil-rights/blog/now-that-health-care-reform-has-passed-is-the-enda-in-sight/Health care reform. It's the subject on everyone's lips. However, now that the bill has been enacted, attention is turning to the next big topic, such as the economy and immigration reform. For lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans, there are several pieces of legislation that have been waiting on the back-burner that need to be addressed, but perhaps chief among them is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Well, ENDA's time may finally be near.
In separate interviews given over the last few weeks, Representatives Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, and Barney Frank - who was heckled with anti-gay slurs during the health care reform rallies - have both signaled that the time is now right to move forward with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (HR 3017), saying that, having counted the votes, they believe that there is enough support from both Republican and Democratic legislators to pass the House version of the bill.
