Polis: ENDA Will Pass House, “Don’t Know About The Senate.”
Great interview with Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) from Karen Ocamb at LGBT POV:
“Polis said that an inclusive ENDA is expected to come up for a vote on the House floor in the next few weeks where it will pass by a substantial margin. The problem, he said, is the US Senate. He also said he expects President Obama will use the bully pulpit to bring ENDA to his desk.”
(Well, that would be nice. Obama really needs to spend some of his political capital on us, since we’ve spent millions of dollars and millions of votes on him.)
“We have the votes to pass ENDA in the House and we hope to bring it before the committee I serve on – the Education Labor Committee – within the month – by the end of April. And then, once it passes the committee, it shouldn’t take more than a couple of weeks – a week or two – to schedule it for the floor. It’s just a scheduling matter.”
“I don’t know about the Senate – but in the House, we expect to pass out substantially. It has substantial support. The Senate requires 60 votes so it’s a matter of getting some Republican moderates to support it.”
I certainly hope there is such a thing as a “Republican moderate” these days…