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In reply to the discussion: Some People Can Not Afford to Lose the Next Presidential Election [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)in the Congress. The first version of what we now call ENDA was the Equality Act. This was introduced in 1974 by Democrats Bella Abzug and Ed Kotch and prevented from passing by Republicans. Various versions of the bill have failed to become law in spite of being introduced in virtually every session of Congress for the bulk of my adult life. ENDA itself has been introduced into every Congress but one since 1994. Each year it is defeated by Republicans.
The solution of course would be to elect more Democrats to the Congress and WH. But to kvetch about a lack of legislation when there is a blizzard of legislation and all of it Democratic and purely Democratic, both on the Federal and State levels, is a bit much.
This would be a good line of questioning for Liz Warren who was a Republican for most of those years when Republicans were blocking this workplace equality legislation.