Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Employment Nondiscrimination Passage
- Senate: Drug Quality and Security
- House: Health Plans
Employment Nondiscrimination Passage Vote Passed (64-32, 4 Not Voting)
Senators passed a bill prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity on Thursday after a week of negotiations and close procedural votes. The bill would bar employers from firing, refusing to promote or refusing to hire workers because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Similar bills have been introduced over recent years, and one passed the House in 2007 before dying in the Senate. This current piece of legislation extends equal employment protection to transgendered individuals for the first time. The bill exempts employers not subject to existing workplace discrimination laws concerning employees religions, primarily churches and religious schools. Before the final vote, ten Republicans joined the Democratic caucus in securing the three-fifths vote majority required to invoke cloture. The House is unlikely to vote on the bill.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss voted NO
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted NO
Like so much dried up old skin our wonder Senate saw fit to spend time voting for special protection for the sexually aggrieved. Most "protections" created by politicians are in reality punishments to the majority, there is example after example of how protections make systems less efficient, more costly and generally crappy governance. Here Democrats want to give special protections to a group that by definitions are aggrieved, homosexuals, lesbians, transgenders are all persons which have by nature or environment passed through or within a struggle about how to become comfortable and happy within themselves and their communities. Because of where, what and who they are, the nature of their experience puts them mentally on the outside of the bubble. Who in the world, of any orientation thinks that a government can make that component of individuals' psyches better.
The only things that governments do effectively is spend money, and favor one group over another.
Governments cannot fix things felt by the heart.
The house would be correct to table the bill.
Upcoming Votes:
Drug Quality and Security - H.R.3204
The Senate returns Tuesday to consider legislation that updates regulations of pharmacies that compound drugs.
Fiscal motivation for profit leads to improved products, lower prices for customers, and efficiency, not a place where politicians dwell.
Health Plans - H.R.3350
The House is scheduled to debate a bill that allows individuals to keep their health coverage plans, even if they have received cancellation notices. The plans may not meet minimum coverage requirements established in the 2010 health care overhaul, but would be grandfathered for another year through 2014.
Some of the Democratic talking heads on this topic have tried to tie this bill to Republicans being socialists. The bullshit never ends.
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PS:
After posting this above, received a new email almost simultaneously from the White House, the general tone was a list of all the things that Congress should be doing. This one went right for the nuts....
End workplace discrimination for millions of LGBT Americans once and for all. This isn't difficult: Nobody should be discriminated against because of who they are or who they love. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act would make it illegal to fire someone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, and it passed the Senate earlier this year. Once again, no vote in the House.Yep, we cannot be open about what is in a national health care bill until years after the vote, hell even after it is active and these executive prima donnas have the audacity to lecture other groups of governance about right and wrong. White House, try putting forth a budget that every single representative doesn't reject. Once again, no vote, look at what that "leader" of the Senate has tabled in the last three years, every single budget proposal offered.
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