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Senate to Hold Landmark ENDA Hearing — ACLU to Tweet LIVE!Tomorrow morning at 10 a.m., the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). This will be the first Senate hearing on ENDA since 2002. The legislation would help to ensure workplace equality by protecting LGBT workers from employment discrimination. This will be the first time in the 111th Congress that the Senate has held a hearing on this critical legislation. Especially noteworthy will be the testimony of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Tom Perez, his first since being confirmed by the Senate for his post. Assistant Attorney General Perez will testify on behalf of the Obama administration in support of the legislation. Readers can watch the hearing live via webcast. Additionally, we will be providing live, play-by-play tweets from the hearing on our Twitter page at http://twitter.com/aclu. It’s bound to be an exciting morning. Be sure to tune in. We’ll be sure to provide a post-hearing summary on our blog later in the day.
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Nov 4th, 2009 at 9:40pm
I'll be liveblogging the Senate hearing tomorrow morning at 10am - 1 pm ET at http://bilerico.com Come join us!
Nov 4th, 2009 at 9:40pm
I'll be liveblogging the Senate hearing Thursday morning at 10am - 1 pm ET (Nov. 5) at http://bilerico.com Come join us!