Congress Set to Ban
Workplace Bias Against Gays

Expect the Democratic Congress to ban discrimination against gays by employers this year. There's broad support for a bill that makes it illegal to base decisions for hiring, firing or promotions on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. A similar bill fell one vote short of passage in the Senate in 1996, and never gained any traction in the Republican-led House. Now that Democrats control both chambers of Congress, the proposal has its best chance ever for passage.

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