Hopes for ENDA Dimming?
The Keen News Service is reporting that Congress is not scheduled to take up the Employment Non-Discrimination Act between now and the August recess, making it increasingly unlikely that the bill will be considered before the 2010 midterm elections. Keen points out that most congresscritters will be busy campaigning between the August recess and the November elections, making it difficult to pass controversial legislation, and furthermore, with the Obama administration reportedly keen on focusing its energies on Wall Street reform, energy policy, and the extension of unemployment benefits, Keen laments that the administration would be reluctant to put ENDA on the docket. Of course, there’s always the option of doing politically divisive things during a lame duck session (after the November elections, but before the new senators and representatives are sworn in in January); even if the Democrats loose the House of Representatives, as has been widely-predicted, activists still have a window to try and get ENDA put to a vote.
Related posts:
- Failure To Pass ENDA More Complicated Than Meets The Eye
- The National: ENDA Dead Due To Transphobia in Gay, Inc?
- The National: HRC “in the dark” about ENDA; DC stands up to Catholic Church! Plus, Obama to “impose homosexuality”
- The National: NY Marriage Bill Fails / Is ENDA Dead This Year? / Uganda Law Will Probably Pass
- Coming out to ENDA discrimination
Hopes that I will vote for any Democrats this November are dimming too.