Enda Is Back

[Guest Ghanima Corrino]

ENDA is on again Americans if you want this contact your, senators, congressmen, and president.

http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Two Ga. congressmen co-sponsor ENDA

Lewis and Johnson only two supporters from Georgia

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Jul 03, 2009 | By: LOU CHIBBARO JR. | COMMENTS | [bookmark and Share] |

U.S. Reps. John Lewis and Hank Johnson, both Democrats from the Atlanta area, are the only two Congress members from Georgia to sign on as co-sponsors to an employment non-discrimination bill that includes protections for gay and transgender people.

Gay U.S. Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) teamed up with eight other House members June 24 to reintroduce the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, known as ENDA.

The bill was dropped into the legislative hopper with at least 118 co-sponsors, with more expected to sign on shortly, Frank said at a news conference on Capitol Hill.

“We can now take for granted that there will be a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, almost certainly this calendar year, on a fully inclusive ENDA,” Frank said.

A companion bill has yet to be introduced in the Senate, but Hill observers have said a Senate version would be introduced shortly.

No Republican House members attended the news conference. A list of the initial group of 118 co-sponsors shows that only six GOP House members have signed on to the bill so far. They include Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), Michael Castle (R-Del.), Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Leonard Lance (R-N.J.), Todd Platts (R-Pa.) and Judy Biggert (R-Ill.).

Ros-Lehtinen, Castle, Kirk, Platts and Lance signed on as lead sponsors, along with Democratic House members Frank, Baldwin, Polis, John Conyers (D-Mich.), Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) and George Miller (D-Calif.)

[Guest]

I didn't realize they were including us this time after last years fiasco.

Laura

[MaryEllen]

I wouldn't be surprised if we get flushed down the toilet again.

MaryEllen

[Paula ult]

I'm glad it going to get another look at and hopefully get passed, but i won't hold my breath. All of us need to ban together and start sending letters, email and phone calls to the senators, congress and president, you can guarantee the opposition will be out in full force too, we just need to be heard over them this time.

Paula

[Guest Ghanima Corrino]

I've expanded my post to include another player but don't know if it's appropriate to post all of it here soooo...

it's here:

http://scorrino.wordpress.com/

thank you

[Guest Leah1026]

I don't hold out much hope for this. The timing says it all. After the fiasco of the DOMA filing by the administration and their failure to issue and executive order to suspend DADT I think they're simply throwing the dog a bone. They really have no intention of really pushing this. And the Democrats are already over-extended for supporting the president as far as they have already. And we haven't even mentioned healthcare yet! So yeah I don't expect anything from this at all.