ENDA Introduced -- With 92 Fewer Co-Sponsors Than at the End of the 111th Congress

At the end of the 111th Congress, 203 members of the 435-member body had joined Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) in co-sponsoring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

Today, the bill, which would prohibit most employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation of gender identity, was reintroduced by Frank with only a few more than half that number -- 111 co-sponsors.

Republicans gained more than 70 seats in the House following the November 2010 elections, a result President Barack Obama referred to as a "shellacking." An overwhelming number of Republicans in Congress DO NOT SUPPORT ending workplace discrimination for GLBT Americans.