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Bipartisan support boosts prospects for workplace discrimination bill
WASHINGTON — Gay rights advocates – including both Republicans and Democrats – are newly upbeat about the prospects for Senate passage of a bill that would prohibit employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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ENDA passage in the Senate could come down to Ohio Republican Rob Portman
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The battle to win U.S. Senate passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is all coming down to Ohio’s Rob Portman.
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Manchin, last Democratic holdout in Senate, announces support for ENDA
WASHINGTON — All Democrats in the Senate are backing a bill that would prohibit employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Two of the three remaining Senate Democrats announce support for ENDA
WASHINGTON — Two of the last three remaining Democratic U.S. Senators have announced their support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a bill that would prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Reid to bring ENDA to Senate floor for a vote before Thanksgiving recess
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office confirmed Monday that the Nevada Democrat will announce that he is bringing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to the full Senate for consideration before its scheduled Thanksgiving recess.
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Advocacy groups target U.S. Sen. Rob Portman for ENDA support
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman hasn’t decided yet whether U.S. employers should be able to fire workers just because they’re gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.
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Senate panel OKs bill banning anti-LGBT workplace discrimination
WASHINGTON — Gay rights advocates won another victory Wednesday after a Senate panel approved a bill that would prohibit employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Senate committee schedules vote on Employment Non-Discrimination Act
WASHINGTON — The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has scheduled a vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
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Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid signs on as 50th co-sponsor of ENDA
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday that he’ll co-sponsor the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, becoming the 50th co-sponsor of the measure aimed at banning workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Marco Rubio: No ‘special’ rights for gay Americans — but I’m not ‘a bigot’
I wish I understood why allowing married, bi-national same-sex couples to apply for a visa through the marriage-based green card application process is such an abomination to Marco Rubio. … Perhaps all we have to do is take a look at his voting record in the Senate and the statements he’s made to understand the soul of Sen. Marco Rubio.