House to Reintroduce ‘Equality Act’ Next Week, With Support of 161 Major Corporations

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced at a news conference on Thursday that the House would reintroduce the Equality Act next week. The legislation would guarantee explicit protections for LGBT people under existing civil rights laws.

The Washington Blade reports: ‘Pelosi said the Equality Act would be introduced in the same week as legislation intended to protect DREAMers, or young undocumented immigrants, and other immigrants from deportation in the aftermath of President Trump’s revocation of their protections…Touting the new Democratic House majority’s achievement in advancing background checks for gun purchases and government reform legislation, Pelosi also said legislation for women workers ensuring equal pay for equal work and reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act would come later this month..

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