Business Coalition for the Equality Act’, set up by Human Rights Campaign (HRC).The Equality Act was passed by the House of Representatives in March.
However, it faces a tougher battle to be passed by the Senate, which is split equally between Democrats and Republicans.One Democratic Senator, West Virginia’s Joe Manchin III, has already indicated he might not support the Act, which alone could scupper its chances.Related: Joe Manchin may have officially killed the Equality Act & the rest of Biden’s agendaHousehold name companies to sign up to the coalition (which was first launched in 2016 but has grown steadily in the last five years), include Apple, Airbnb, Amazon, PepsiCo, General Motors, CVS, Facebook, Marriott, Capital One, Starbucks,.