Congresswoman Says She Supports Equal Pay Laws, Voted Against Them Four Times

[demmiblue]

Source: Think Progress

On CNN Wednesday, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) told host Wolf Blitzer that she supports equal pay for women despite voting against a measure that would help women achieve that goal.
In response to a question from Blitzer about President Obama’s call for equal pay in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday and whether she is “with the President when he says that there should be laws mandating equal pay for equal work for women,” McMorris Rodgers, who gave the official Republican response, replied:

Yes. Yes. Absolutely. Republicans and I support equal pay for equal work. My message last night was one about empowering everyone in this country, no matter what your background, no matter where you live, what corner of the country, no matter what your experiences are. We want you to have the opportunity for a better life.

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But McMorris Rodgers actually voted against laws meant to address the pay disparity between men and women four times. She voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act twice, which lengthened the time for victims of pay discrimination to file a complaint. She also voted twice against the Paycheck Fairness Act, a measure aimed at closing the gender wage gap by ending the practice of salary secrecy, thus giving women and others a better chance of rooting out discrimination, narrowing the guidelines for what pay disparities are justified, and strengthening penalties for discrimination as a way to deter it, among other things.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/30/3227971/mcmorris-rodgers-equal-pay/

[lostincalifornia]

1. Did Blitzer ask why she voted against it four times then?

[LonePirate]

6. You expect a newsreader like him to prepare for interviews and ask fair questions?

MSNBC seldom does it so there is no way someone like Blitzer at CNN would ask her why she repeatedly voted against something she allegedly supports now.

[DURHAM D]

2. I can't bring myself to watch the video but

I don't suppose Wolfie called her on her lie did he?

[madashelltoo]

3. They should have cleaned the build up on her battery leads

Before they set her up on the top shelf. Her bulbs are definitely dim.

[sakabatou]

4. Either she's lying to herself, to others or she doesn't remember

In any of these cases, it's all bad.

[okaawhatever]

5. Newsflash. She didn't say she supported equal pay for women. The question asked was whether she

"is with the President when he says that there should be laws mandating equal pay for equal work for women". Her answer was that "Republicans and I support equal pay for equal work." What she said was the official Republican response of "yes, we support equal pay for equal work but don't think it should be legislated or monitored." She will claim she didn't lie because Republicans do support equal pay. The lie comes in because Wolf asked if she "with the President...should be laws" They gave her an opportunity to pass off another lie on the American people. Women will listen to this and think, "yeah the Republicans support women's rights". Carefully calculated play. Hopefully someone will call her on it in the main stream media. Unlikely.

[Laelth]

7. +1. n/t

-Laelth

[Jamaal510]

8. People like McMorris Rodgers

give all politicians a bad name.

[hobbit709]

9. How can you tell if a Republican is Lying? Are their lips moving?

[blkmusclmachine]

10. Phony little speeches VERSUS what they really think: we're seeing a ton of LIES out of DC.