Senator Voinovich is a fair-minded Republican who seems to be leaning yes on ENDA. He voted for the hate crimes bill on several occasions, and was one of five Republican Senators who voted last week to stop the Republican filibuster on that bill. That’s key in terms of bringing ENDA to an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor, where we only need 50 votes (which we now have).

Please call Senator Voinovich today to ask for his support of ENDA. Facts and contact info available in the link at the bottom.

By the way, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee has announced that it will be holding a hearing on ENDA on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10 a.m.

Please join us as I liveblog the event from Bilerico.com, as we did for the House hearing. I will be posting informational items about the points made by Committee members and witnesses as they occur, and you can also post your comments and questions during the hearing for me and other participants to respond. During the House hearing, we had almost 300 people join us.

Click here for more comments and contact info: http://www.bilerico.com/2009/10/ohio_senator_george_voinovich_legislator_of_the_da.php

We should thank all the co- sponsors of UAFA and now ask them to also co-sponsor RFA. I have used the AOP Whip Count data to generate the list below of the UAFA co-sponsors who have yet to co-sponsor RFA. The list also includes the phone number of each member and a link to their website.
If you are able to persuade a member to confirm support for RFA, or even to co-sponsor the bill, please record and share what you have learned on the RFA whip count .