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  Congressional offices are closed today for Veterans Day, so we can take a break from calling our Senators. As you know, we have been working on moving the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the U.S. Senate, where the real fight is expected to take place. We are missing 4 votes in the Senate, but the House is considered by insiders to have a solid grip on ENDA. If hints of rumors that I’m getting are good indicators, however, then their grip may be slipping, just a tiny bit. I have heard from D.C. insiders that some of the more conservative House Democrats are beginning to raise concerns about ENDA. The right-ward shift indicated by the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races and the Maine vote makes them nervous, and they don’t want to be forced to vote on controversial legislation. This crisis of confidence is not unexpected, of course, as the same thing happened in 2007. ENDA was considered to have very good chances of passage in 2007, but when crunch time came, first-term Democrats in conservative districts came forward to express their concerns. The device used to mollify them was the removal of gender identity protections from the bill, and the bill then sailed through the House. Could the same thing happen again? Fortunately not. It would be impossible because Representatives Frank, Baldwin and Polis have emphatically stated that they would not permit that to happen. Wait….just kidding….these are politicians we’re talking about. Of course it could happen again, and from what I’m hearing, we’re not moving in a good direction. Am I misinterpreting? Read on, and you tell me. Read more here: http://bit.ly/40K4Xp
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