Rush Holt supports ENDA

by: Rosi Efthim

Wed Sep 23, 2009 at 08:22:16 PM EDT

In full disclosure, I once upon a time worked on Rush Holt's campaign staff. But more importantly, I used to live in the congressional district he represents, NJ-12. But not anymore. Screw redistricting. I wanna live in Rush Holt's world again.

This is Holt during today's hearing on the Employment Non-discrimination Act (ENDA) before the House Education & Labor Committee:

The federal ENDA would bar job bias based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It's based on Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, prohibiting discrimination by employers based on race, gender and religion. ENDA extends those protections to persons, based on sexual orientation and gender identity. There are some exemptions: armed services, veterans' service groups, religious entities, and groups with less than 15 employees.

New Jersey already has a transgender equality law.

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Rush Holt supports ENDA | 2 comments

Kudos To Our Future Senator! n/t (0.00 / 0)

by: Nick Lento @ Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 04:44:18 AM UTC

Rush Rocks! (4.00 / 1)

I was there at the hearings yesterday! I thought it went extremely well for proponents of equality! We had the people, we had the facts and we had the witnesses! You can see who had the right answers and who easily parried any objections brought up by the right wing.

Barney Frank and Tammy Baldwin spoke very well in the first panel. Barney was in particularly good form.

The White House sent Acting Chair of the EEOC Stuart Ishimaru who not only gave a great presentation indicating he was knowledgeable, but under questioning preemptively put aside the arguments put forth by the right wing in the 3rd panel

You can see in the clip how Cong. Holt elicited sharp incisive facts! Actually all our NJ Reps on the Committee, Rush Holt, Rob Andrews and Donald Payne made us proud in the hearings.

Many of the Republicans were a no show on the committee including Joe "Liar" Wilson. I was disappointed.

What was also significant is that there was a flurry of activity of 19 new co-sponsors signing on making a total of 178 and counting.

Needless to say all 8 NJ House Democrats are and have been sponsors!

Babs Casbar Siperstein

"Discrimination caused by ignorance and fear is a tax on human progress" - Barbra Casbar Siperstein

by: Babs NJSD @ Thu Sep 24, 2009 at 16:52:19 PM UTC