Paycheck Fairness Act fails in the Senate, as expected
Source: Washington Post
The Paycheck Fairness Act earned 52 votes in favor of proceeding to final consideration, short of the 60 votes necessary. Senate Republicans voted en masse against the measure, believing that it could adversely affect businesses if employees attempt to file pay-related lawsuits.
But Democratic senators spent the hours before the vote speaking about why the legislation is needed to protect women concerned with having lower pay rates than their male colleagues. No Republican lawmaker discussed the issue on the Senate floor ahead of Tuesday’s vote.
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Before the vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) dismissed the legislation’s purpose, saying “We’ve got a lot of problems. Not enough lawsuits is not a problem.”
The paycheck bill would have barred companies from retaliating against workers who inquire about pay disparities and permit employees to sue for punitive damages if they find evidence of broad differences in compensation between male and female workers. Democrats said the measure would have bolstered reforms enacted with the 2009 Lilly Ledbetter pay law that expanded the statute of limitations for filing equal-pay lawsuits.
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Again, Republicans are anti-woman. Tell all the Republican women you know that the old boys club is NOT looking out for them at all.
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for the Godwin's Law infraction 
