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Title: ENDA again
Post by: Shana A on April 10, 2008, 08:56:16 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 10, 2008, 08:56:16 AM
ENDA again
by Ethan Jacobs
associate editor
Thursday Apr 10, 2008
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=72824 (http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=72824)
Last week Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) told the Associated Press that he planned to bring the controversial Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) up for a vote in the Senate before the year's end - raising the specter of the brutal infighting among LGBT advocates that accompanied the tumultuous debate over ENDA in the House last fall.
But some advocates are skeptical that Kennedy could bring ENDA up for a vote by the end of the session, and even proponents of the bill say it is unclear whether the bill would garner enough support to successfully pass the Senate. Regardless of whether Kennedy brings ENDA forward in the Senate, there is no sign that the battles over whether or not to include transgender-inclusive language in the bill will be resolved anytime soon.
by Ethan Jacobs
associate editor
Thursday Apr 10, 2008
http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=72824 (http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=72824)
Last week Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) told the Associated Press that he planned to bring the controversial Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) up for a vote in the Senate before the year's end - raising the specter of the brutal infighting among LGBT advocates that accompanied the tumultuous debate over ENDA in the House last fall.
But some advocates are skeptical that Kennedy could bring ENDA up for a vote by the end of the session, and even proponents of the bill say it is unclear whether the bill would garner enough support to successfully pass the Senate. Regardless of whether Kennedy brings ENDA forward in the Senate, there is no sign that the battles over whether or not to include transgender-inclusive language in the bill will be resolved anytime soon.