SoVo.com – By Lou Chibbaro Jr.
The offices of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and gay Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) declined to comment today on a press report that House Democrats have decided not allow Baldwin to introduce an amendment to restore transgender protection to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).
the Hill, a daily newspaper that covers Congress, reported on Thursday that first-term Democratic members of the House urged Pelosi not to bring up the Baldwin amendment because it would hurt their re-election efforts next year.
“House Education and Labor panel Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.), whose committee passed ENDA, said he told the freshman lawmakers at their Wednesday breakfast with Pelosi that the amendment did not have the votes to pass and would not be brought to the House floor,” the Hill reported.