John Boehner Tells LGBT Caucus: There Is ‘No Way’ ENDA Will Pass In 2014
by Will Kohler
Speaker
of the House John Boehner (R-OH) told the 113-member LGBT Equality
Caucus last week that there is “no way” the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) would pass this year according to Rep.
Mark Takano (D-CA).
Boehner has repeatedly claimed that the LGBT employment protections are “unnecessary" while in reality, it remains legal in 29 states to fire people for their sexual orientation and and in 33 states to fire people for their gender identity.
Meanwhile
Obama could issue the "promised" executive order protecting at least
the LGBT employees of federal contractors, which would also apply to
small businesses not covered by ENDA, but the White House insists it
prefers a legislative approach even though it seems Boehner will not be
allowing it to come up for a vote soon.
Could
this be the reason why President Obama who through out his tenure has
not been known to use the "bully pulpit" did not mention the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act last night in the State of the Union address
because he knows its dead in the water?
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