Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that the Senate will vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on Monday.
The last time ENDA came up for a vote was in the House in 2007, the original gender identity was included but at the last minute it was pulled from the bill. The non-inclusive ENDA bill passed the House but died in the Senate. The current bill originated in the Senate and it includes gender identity but its passage in the Republican controlled House is doubtful.
Senate Will Vote on ENDA MondayYou can read the whole story here.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Thursday, meaning the Senate will vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act on Monday.
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By Sunnivie Brydum
October 31 2013
With a low-key procedural move, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ended a week of speculation about when the U.S. Senate will vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
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Reid filed for cloture on the legislation Thursday evening, a procedural move that requires 60 votes and essentially overcomes any effort at a filibuster. Once the cloture vote is taken — and if it achieves the 60-vote threshold — the chamber will debate the bill, then eventually make a final vote on it.
The last time ENDA came up for a vote was in the House in 2007, the original gender identity was included but at the last minute it was pulled from the bill. The non-inclusive ENDA bill passed the House but died in the Senate. The current bill originated in the Senate and it includes gender identity but its passage in the Republican controlled House is doubtful.
