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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Shortly after the election, we published a blog entitled discussing then-President-Elect Joe Biden’s vow to make passage of the Equality Act (prohibiting most forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity) a legislative priority within his first 100 days in office. While an admirable goal, the legislation’s fate lies with Congress. Now that Democrats have won control of the Senate, albeit narrowly, it is more likely than ever that the Equality Act will pass.  Accordingly, businesses should start review...

Biden's executive orders and actions: What to know © Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images Since entering office on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden has signed more than three dozen executive actions addressing the coronavirus pandemic, economy, immigration, climate crisis and more. Here's a look at all of his executive orders, and other notable executive actions, so far: COVID-19 RESPONSE Executive Order on Protecting Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing: Requires masks, physical distancing and other health measures while on federal property Issued: Jan. 20 Read the order here Executive...

Rabbis to Biden: Transgender Executive Order threatens safety and privacy “Regressive” Order threatens women’s safety and opportunity The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in matters of public policy, today expressed grave concern regarding President Joe Biden’s Executive Order that requires federally funded schools to allow biological male students who identify as female to use women’s bathrooms and compete on women’s sports teams. Entitled “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Ori...

Biden Enforces Rule to Protect Young Trans Athletes “Every person should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they love.” - President Joe Biden Under a new provision presented by President Joe Biden on January 20, transgender college and high school athletes could soon have the opportunity to participate in sports as the gender they identify with, opposed to the gender they were assigned at birth.  Biden signed a number of executive orders on his first day in office,  including one that demands all federal agencies e...

Commentary President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders (EO) on his first day in the White House. As ...