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Tammy Baldwin in the News
Standing up for freedom
Monday, April 30, 2007 (89 reads)
"...Tammy Baldwin reminds us that as long as gays and lesbians face discrimination, Americans who say this is "the land of the free" are fooling themselves. Baldwin, the first openly gay or lesbian member of Wisconsin's congressional delegation and the first person ever elected to Congress in an initial run as an out-of-the-closet homosexual, is for a variety of reasons one of the most prominent sponsors of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), a gay rights measure that was reintroduced in the House last Tuesday. The proposal would make it illegal to deny an American employment based on his or her sexuality...
...And Baldwin is at the front of the fight, as she should be. It is not a matter of her sexual orientation alone that brings Baldwin to this fight. She has, throughout her political career, been a battler against injustice. She is, as well, the representative from a district and a state that have historically led in the struggle to end employment discrimination based not just on sexuality but on race, ethnicity and gender..."
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Dems vow to get non-discrimination act to floor this time
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (86 reads)
"After 13 years of failed attempts, Democratic U.S. Reps. Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank reintroduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which for years languished when Republicans controlled the House, would extend job protections to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. This time around, Democratic leaders have promised to bring the bill to the floor before the end of the year..."
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Anti-discrimination bill introduced, Sexual orientation would be protected
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (87 reads)
"Lesbians, gay men and transgender individuals nationwide would be protected from discriminatory actions by current or prospective employers if the Employment Non-Discrimination Act introduced Tuesday is enacted, said U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Madison), one of the bill's co-sponsors.
'If American business is to succeed in the global economy, we must have a competitive work force,' Baldwin said. It would be financially unsound and morally unacceptable, she said, to hire people for any other reason than their 'education, motivation and productivity.' Members were upbeat about passage this session of Congress..."
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LGBT worker rights bill goes to Congress
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (78 reads)
"Legislation was introduced Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives that would make it illegal to fire, refuse to hire, or refuse to promote an employee based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007 is sponsored by representatives Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Barney Frank of Massachusetts, Deborah Pryce of Ohio, and Chris Shays of Connecticut. The former two are Democrats, the latter two Republicans...'Twenty-five years ago, my own state of Wisconsin was the first in the nation to add sexual orientation to antidiscrimination statutes,' Baldwin said Tuesday in a written statement. 'Since then, 16 states have done the same. We call on Congress now to set a new and higher standard...'"
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Lawmakers cover many plans to insure everyone
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 (80 reads)
"Monday's community forum at Monroe Clinic yielded many positions by politicians, but not many solid ideas of how to address the growing crisis of 530,000 Wisconsin residents living without health insurance.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, addressed the forum via telephone and state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, and state Rep. Brett Davis, R-Oregon, were at the meeting, along with representatives of Wisconsin Democratic Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold. The forum was part of the national Cover the Uninsured Week...
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 Angered by their senator’s support of John McCain, Connecticut Democrats sounded off at a standing-room-only committee meeting.
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