Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) today launched a new drive to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the U.S. House.   This federal civil rights measure, a top goal of the LGBT advocacy community, would bar employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity throughout the United States.

The other lead sponsors of the bill are IIeana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jared Polis (D-CO), Michael Castle (R-DE), George Miller (D-CA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), John Conyers (D-MI), Todd Platts (R-PA), Rob Andrews (D-NJ), and Leonard Lance (R-NJ), according to the Human Rights Campaign.

At least 100 Members of Congress will co-sponsor the measure, according to the Washington Blade.