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Bay Area Reporter :: Strategy talks in high gear to get Equality Act across the finish line


With a House vote on the Equality Act set for next week, talks between LGBTQ rights advocates and Capitol Hill have begun on getting the legislation across the finish line with Democratic control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, although that has become more complicated with opponents raising fears about transgender kids in sports and Senator Mitt Romney s (R-Utah) newly declared opposition to the bill.
The Equality Act was formally reintroduced Thursday (February 18) by gay Congressman David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon)
LGBTQ rights supporters, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity for greater candor, said they were engaged in talks with lawmakers including in the Senate, where the major fight will be in the same week House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) announced a floor vote would take place on the Equality Act. ....

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