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Sunday, October 14, 2007

PELOSI ABANDONS PRINCIPLE OF WORKPLACE NONDISCRIMINATION

A CHILL FALLS ON ALL STATES AND COMPANIES CURRENTLY PUSHING FOR 'GENDER IDENTITY' AND 'GENDER EXPRESSION'

Ours is a time when the hard-core Republicans, like Alan Greenspan, openly berate their leadership for having taken their chance at power to "abandon principle" in favor of politics. In their case, their announced politics of permanent majorities.

Today, no fewer than twelve months into power, the Democratic leadership in the House has done the same thing.

Ours is a time when the hard-core Republicans, like Alan Greenspan, openly berate their leadership for having taken their chance at power to "abandon principle" in favor or politics.

Today, no fewer than twelve months into power, the Democratic leadership in the House has done the same thing.
In a closed-door session, Pelosi has endorsed an ill-begotten "strategy", either pushed by or on Congressman Barney Frank, the sponsor of the Bill, rather than put up a "whipped" vote.

Almost all thinking parties reckon that the legislation has little chance of becoming law under Bush. The only Historic opportunity is possibly to use the issue as an electioneering item for the Democratic Party in the 2008 electoral process, or for some to pretend aloud that they've made a "victory" for millions.

The effort of transgender acceptance and non-discrimination could be set back by years, as others calculate that, they too, can 'get away with' not pressing for inclusive policies or legislation.

The improbability of the Bill becoming law, coupled with the sad "strategy" to rend the push for inclusion - even against ongoing legislative trends in the nation, makes the current effort somewhat symbolic and, thereby, puts in high relief the ugly effort to exclude transgender people, because that effort becomes symbolic also.

The potential caustic force of that type of symbolism, principled exclusionism, goes beyond short-term pains. They may have well just dragged their fingernails across the LGBT body politic. It remains to be seen how deep and lasting will be the scars of this bogus rush job in favor of Democratic Party politics.



AMERICA FALLS BEHIND

BREAKDOWN OF H.R. 2015, "GENDA", THE INCLUSIVE VERSION

Only 11 of the sixty-seven (67) Democrats who are not sponsoring the Bill are freshman (those not in the 109th Congress).

That sort-of makes the excuses about freshman look like...lies? Well, not "sort-of", because 35 freshman did co-sponsor the legislation, a ratio higher than 3-to-1.

Five Republicans co-sponsor the Bill.

The remainder by State, NOT co-sponsoring the Bill. For the record. "+" indicates a State with an inclusive gender identity law.



ALABAMA
Cramer, Robert E. (Bud) Jr. [AL-5]
Davis, Artur [AL-7]
ARKANSAS
Berry, Marion [AR-1]
Ross, Mike [AR-4]
Snyder, Vic [AR-2]
+CALIFORNIA
Becerra, Xavier [CA-31]
Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18]
Millender-McDonald, Juanita [CA-37]
Pelosi, Nancy [CA-8]
Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47]
FLORIDA
Boyd, Allen [FL-2]
Brown, Corrine [FL-3]
*Mahoney, Tim [FL-16]
GEORGIA
Barrow, John [GA-12]
Bishop, Sanford D. Jr. [GA-2]
Marshall, Jim [GA-8]
Scott, David [GA-13]
+ILLINOIS
Costello, Jerry F. [IL-12]
Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3]
Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1]
INDIANA
*Donnelly, Joe [IN-2]
*Ellsworth, Brad [IN-8]
*Hill, Baron P. [IN-9]
Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1]
KENTUCKY
Chandler, Ben [KY-6]
LOUISIANA
Melancon, Charlie [LA-3]
MARYLAND
Hoyer, Steny H. [MD-5]
Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2]
MICHIGAN
Conyers, John Jr. [MI-14]
Stupak, Bart [MI-1]
+MINNESOTA
Oberstar, James L. [MN-8]
Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7]
MISSOURI
Skelton, Ike [MO-4]




MISSISSIPPI
Taylor, Gene [MS-4]
Thompson, Bennie G. [MS-2]
NORTH CAROLINA
Butterfield, G. K. [NC-1]
Etheridge, Bob [NC-2]
McIntyre, Mike [NC-7]
*Shuler, Heath [NC-11]
NORTH DAKOTA
Pomeroy, Earl [ND-0]
OHIO
Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9]
*Space, Zachary T. [OH-18]
*Wilson, Charles A. [OH-6]
OKLAHOMA
Boren, Dan [OK-2]
PENNSYLVANIA
*Altmire, Jason [PA-4]
*Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10]
Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11]
Murtha, John P. [PA-12]
Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13]
SOUTH CAROLINA
Clyburn, James E. [SC-6]
Spratt, John M. Jr. [SC-5]
SOUTH DAKOTA
Herseth, Stephanie [SD-0]
TENNESSEE
Davis, Lincoln [TN-4]
Gordon, Bart [TN-6]
Tanner, John S. [TN-8]
TEXAS
Cuellar, Henry [TX-28]
Edwards, Chet [TX-17]
Green, Al [TX-9]
Green, Gene [TX-29]
*Lampson, Nick [TX-22]
Ortiz, Solomon P. [TX-27]
VIRGINIA
Boucher, Rick [VA-9]
WISCONSIN
*Kagen, Steve [WI-8]
Kind, Ron [WI-3]
Obey, David R. [WI-7]
WEST VIRGINIA
Mollohan, Alan B. [WV-1]
Rahall, Nick J. II [WV-3]



Bi-partisan support:

IL-13 Biggert, Judy
IL-10 Kirk, Mark Steven
[DC-0 Norton, Eleanor Holmes]
OH-15 Pryce, Deborah
FL-18 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana
CT-4 Shays, Christopher


*all figures are believed to be correct, however lists of co-sponsors may be stale dated and everyone is encouraged to check all items for the fitness to any purpose.


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UPDATE: REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN IN STATES WITH INCLUSIVE NON-DISCRIMINATION LAWS,
WHO ARE NOT SPONSORS OF H.R. 2015




CALIFORNIA
Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50]
Bono, Mary [CA-45]
Calvert, Ken [CA-44]
Campbell, John [CA-48]
Doolittle, John T. [CA-4]
Dreier, David [CA-26]
Gallegly, Elton [CA-24]
Herger, Wally [CA-2]
Hunter, Duncan [CA-52]
Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49]
Lewis, Jerry [CA-41]
Lungren, Daniel E. [CA-3]
*McCarthy, Kevin [CA-22]
McKeon, Howard P. ``Buck'' [CA-25]
Miller, Gary G. [CA-42]
Nunes, Devin [CA-21]
Radanovich, George [CA-19]
Rohrabacher, Dana [CA-46]
Royce, Edward R. [CA-40]
COLORADO
*Lamborn, Doug [CO-5]
Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4]
Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6]
ILLINOIS
Hastert, J. Dennis [IL-14]
Johnson, Timothy V. [IL-15]
LaHood, Ray [IL-18]
Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16]
*Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6]
Shimkus, John [IL-19]
Weller, Jerry [IL-11]



IOWA
King, Steve [IA-5]
Latham, Tom [IA-4]
MINNESOTA
*Bachmann, Michele [MN-6]
Kline, John [MN-2]
Ramstad, Jim [MN-3]
NEW JERSEY
Ferguson, Mike [NJ-7]
Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [NJ-11]
Garrett, Scott [NJ-5]
LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2]
Saxton, Jim [NJ-3]
Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4]
NEW MEXICO
Pearce, Stevan [NM-2]
Wilson, Heather [NM-1]
OREGON
Walden, Greg [OR-2]
WASHINGTON
Hastings, Doc [WA-4]
*McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [WA-5]
Reichert, David G. [WA-8]