Barney Frank to Blade: 'Zero chance' of any pro-LGBT bills next year

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Barney Frank to Blade: 'Zero chance' of any pro-LGBT bills next year
The Bilerico Project
by: Pam Spaulding
Tue Nov 09, 2010 at 01:59:29 AM EST


http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/17925/barney-frank-to-blade-zero-chance-of-any-prolgbt-bills-next-year


In an interview Tuesday with the Washington Blade, Frank also said he was confident that the Senate, of which Democrats retained control, would join President Obama in blocking any anti-gay bills that conservative Republicans might introduce over the next two years.

"Next year there's no chance of anything happening," he said of pro-LGBT legislation. "There's zero chance."

He added, "It will be a status quo. They don't have the votes to hurt us but we don't have the votes to advance anything in the cause."

Frank also said he was certain that Republicans would fail in an attempt to overturn D.C.'s same-sex marriage law.

"Do you think Barack Obama is going to sign a bill to repeal the D.C. marriage law," he asked. "It won't go through the Senate. There is no chance that could happen. None-zero."