The U.S. House Judiciary Committee markup on the hate crimes bill (H.R. 1913) is in recess until Thursday morning. We’re expecting the Committee to defeat all remaining amendments and vote tomorrow to move the bill forward.
During today’s meeting, Committee members successfully defeated all amendments offered by the Republicans to weaken the bill or add additional (and unnecessary) protected categories to the bill–such as senior citizens, pregnant women, unborn children and servicemembers.
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), the sole openly lesbian Member of Congress, andCongressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) continue to be true champions of the legislation and were tireless in defending the bill against hostile amendments during today’s markup.
Read HRC’s play-by-play updates on the hate crimes markup on Twitter here. Enter #FightHateNow at search.twitter.com for continued coverage of the hate crimes bill.
clipped from www.hrcbackstory.org
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