Leaders: ENDA will get
House vote this month

Legislation can be like a train: It runs on a track and makes certain stops along the way. But, in Congress, the train doesn't run on time.

Last September, openly gay Representative Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) said the Employment Non-Discrimination Act would likely get a House committee vote in September and a floor vote that fall. Didn't happen.

And last December, when out Representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) and Jared Polis (D-Colorado) told a gathering of gay leaders that ENDA would pass the House in January, they weren't making a promise. They were making an educated guess. (read more)