The U.S. Senate voted Monday evening to advance the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, granting workplace protections to LGBT people, by a margin of 61-30.
ENDA would make it illegal for businesses to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Seven Republican senators joined all the Democrats voting to invoke cloture and begin debate on the bill: Mark Kirk of Illinois, Susan Collins of Maine, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Dean Heller of Nevada, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Rob Portman of Ohio and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Talking Points Memo reports.
Earlier Monday, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced his opposition to the bill.
Gay Rights Bill Passes Key Senate Vote
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