* Executive move puts onus on Congress to do the rest
* Act seen locking in wider anti-discrimination protections
By Matthew Lavietes
NEW YORK, April 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Joe Biden vowed on the campaign trail to pass a law protecting LGBT+ Americans from discrimination within his first 100 days in office. But with the Senate’s backing for the Equality Act seen as unlikely, he may already have opted for Plan B.
Biden covered key parts of the civil rights bill – which faces an uphill struggle in a Senate split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats – with an executive order signed on his first day in the White House.