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Bandit

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7. And that is where the Lilly Ledbetter Act comes into play. Republicans voted against it

Wed Jan 29, 2014, 02:37 PM

Jan 2014

It allows women to have knowlege of the pay men around them receive doing the same job. Before, women had no way of knowing how much Joe Blow made, and the Supreme Court ruled that when Lilly found out that she was receiving lower pay than every man around here doing the same exact job, she had no recourse because she had worked for years without knowing and so, because of the amount of time gone by she had no recourse.. Republicans voted against allowing them to know immediately what everyone in their field was making...

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Fox News host: Women don�t want equal pay, they already get �exactly what they�re worth� [View all] phantom power Jan 2014 OP

So America still treats children as a woman's punishment for having sex. aquart Jan 2014 #1

said the man who never wants to get laid ever again NightWatcher Jan 2014 #2

Take time off from work kwolf68 Jan 2014 #3

And that is where the Lilly Ledbetter Act comes into play. Republicans voted against it Bandit Jan 2014 #7

Oh, the death throes of the GOP. defacto7 Jan 2014 #4

I got 2 weeks of it actually kwolf68 Jan 2014 #5

Bingo..... Swede Atlanta Jan 2014 #6

if they keep this up warrior1 Jan 2014 #8

Did he have anything to say about us women who chose not to have children? I guess we should be catbyte Jan 2014 #9

Looks like this is their new talking point/ look inside the castle underpants Jan 2014 #10