ENDA Introduced -- With 92 Fewer Co-Sponsors Than at the End of the 111th Congress

Dan82 · Apr 7, 2011

http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2011/04/enda-introduced----with-92-few.html

At the end of the 111th Congress, 203 members of the 435-member body had joined Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) in co-sponsoring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

The jobs protection bill, though only 14 members away from having a majority of the House as co-sponsors, never made it out of the House Education and Labor Committee chaired by ENDA co-sponsor Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.).

Today, the bill, which would prohibit most employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation of gender identity, was reintroduced by Frank with only a few more than half that number -- 111 co-sponsors.

In the days before a news conference announcing that the bill would be reintroduced in the 112th Congress, Frank told Metro Weekly of the reintroduction, "It's an organizing tool. Obviously, with the Republicans in power, you're not going to get the bill even considered."

At the March 30 news conference, it was announced that ENDA would be introduced, but not on that day...

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ENDA Introduced -- With 92 Fewer Co-Sponsors Than at the End of the 111th Congress

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