US: House Democrats seek vote on ENDA
Wednesday, a discharge petition was filed by four US House Democrats in an attempt to force a vote of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act by the end of the congressional term.
Colorado Representative Jared Polis, who is leading the effort, is looking to override Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner’s refusal to allow the legislation to be brought to a vote.
A discharge petition, which will bypass Boehner, must collect signature from at least 218 members of the House to force a vote.
Polis, who is confident that ENDA would pass if brought to the floor, told The Advocate that a discharge petition is taking a “bottoms-up rather than a top-down” approach.
He said: “So we’re going around the speaker, since he has refused to allow a vote. [We plan] to force a simple vote on employment nondiscrimination, to protect LGBT Americans from being fired just because of who they love or who they are.”
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