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The original Equality Act was developed by U.S. Representatives Bella Abzug (D-NY) and Ed Koch (D-NY) in 1974. The Equality Act of 1974 (H.R. 14752 of the 93rd Congress) sought to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and marital status in federally assisted programs, housing sales, rentals, financing, and brokerage ...
"In many ways," the coming vote showed how Congress was "catching up to the rest of the country" on LGBTQ rights, Rep. David Cicilline said. The Equality Act with protections for LGBTQ Americans ...
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke for five minutes in Congress on Wednesday against the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination against ...
H.R. 6: American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (passed the House, but the Senate took no action) H.R. 7: Paycheck Fairness Act of 2021 (Senate failed to invoke cloture on the bill by a vote taken on June 8, 2021) [21] H.R. 8: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 (passed the House; replaced with Bipartisan Safer Communities Act which was ...
February 18, 2021: Equality Act of 2021: To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes. H.R. 6: March 3, 2021: American Dream and Promise Act of 2021: To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes. H.R. 7: January 28, 2021
Members of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee met on Tuesday to discuss proposed changes to the legislation.
Prior to the vote, Pence released a letter to Congress which denied the assertion that Pence, as the presiding officer of the count, had "unilateral authority" to overturn any state results. [68] (See also Gohmert v. Pence.) The results from each state were opened and read one at a time, in alphabetical order. The results of Alabama and Alaska ...
During the 117th Congress, which ran from 2021 to 2023, the Senate was evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, including independents Sanders and King. Before Tuesday, Harris’s most ...