The bill received its second and final
approval from city leaders on Tuesday with an overwhelming 11 to 2
vote, putting the bill in the hands of Congress and President Obama.
Congress, which has final say on all laws approved in the District,
will have 30 legislative days to respond.
According to the
mayor's schedule posted online, Fenty will sign the gay marriage
bill at the All Souls Church, a Unitarian denomination, on Harvard
Street.
Opponents of the law have called on
members of Congress to block the law. Representative Jason Chaffetz,
a Republican from Utah, has said he will introduce a resolution of
disapproval. But passage in the Democratic-controlled Congress
remains unlikely. A point even Chaffetz, a freshman representative,
has conceded: “It's going to be exceptionally difficult because
Democrats have us outnumbered by large amounts,” he told the Salt
Lake Tribune Wednesday. “Nevertheless, we're going to try.”
The bill signing is expected to begin
at 10:45AM.