House Votes to Overturn U.S. Supreme Court Wage-Bias Decision

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Bloomberg

House Votes to Overturn U.S. Supreme Court Wage-Bias Decision
Julianna Goldman
37 minutes ago



July 31 (Bloomberg) -- The House of Representatives voted to overturn a Supreme Court ruling by allowing workers to sue for wage discrimination long after a deadline the court imposed.

The House measure, approved 225-199 today under a veto threat from President George W. Bush, responds to a decision by the Supreme Court in May. The justices ruled 5-4 that workers can't sue under a federal job-bias law to claim they are underpaid because of gender or race discrimination that occurred years earlier. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggested Congress would move to reverse the decision.

The court rejected a $360,000 award to Lilly Ledbetter, an Alabama Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. worker, who said that almost two decades of discrimination meant her salary was 15 to 40 percent lower than what her male counterparts earned.

``With this vote, the House reaffirmed its commitment to America's promise of fair and equal treatment for all people,'' Democratic Representative George Miller of California, who chairs the House Labor Committee, said in a statement. ``The Supreme Court has tried to roll back the clock on this issue of basic fairness, but Congress will not stand for it.''



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[bluestateguy]

1. And now on to that great big pool of molasses and quicksand: The Senate

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[rodeodance]

2. quicksand is right as bills just die.

[Hydra]

3. ya, it's too bad

with the vote being that close in the house, don't expect much from the senate, let alone mr. veto/signing statement.

[Sapere aude]

4. Well when we get a Dem president we can pass this.

[Dr.Phool]

5. Yeah, veto it chimp.

And record the name of every repuke who voted to sustain it. It'll make for a fun election season.

[djjimz]

6. Now on to the US Senate...

where bills go to die...
:nuke:

[PoconoPragmatist]

7. I Double Dog Dare Ya, Bush, You Asshole!!

Go on, show your true colors!! Veto it. Show us what compassionate conservatism is REALLY all about!!!

[HuffleClaw]

8. "under a veto threat from President George W. Bush"

and of course he'd hate legislation that might actually help americans

[ninkasi]

9. He threatens to veto

any law which does not protect corporate interests. I suggest that since corporations are the ones dictating law now, they pay ALL of the taxes. Why should be peasants have to pay somebody to screw us?

[Dollface]

10. There is nothing wrong with the House and Senate that electing more Democrats won't fix.

WIth any luck, we'll get a President to match.

[JoePhilly]

16. Agreed !!!

No other arguement on DU matters next to electing a ton of Dems in 08

[Sarah Ibarruri]

11. OH MY GOD, did you read this?: "The White House administration issued a veto threat"

It's in the article:

The White House administration issued a veto threat, saying that deadlines for filing suit are crucial to fact-intensive cases.

[lonestarnot]

13. Isn't that standard practice with anything meaning anything significant to the American people?

Bushitler knows nothing but his nazi veto chants.

[lonestarnot]

12. Most fucking excellent!

:toast:

[MasonJar]

14. I cannot see too many Pug votes in '08 with vetoes and votes like this.

Now if we can only get paper ballots. How much could it cost to print one paper ballot for each voter? Call your reps and remind them of what happened in California this week.

[windy252]

19. OT, but I'm not always on this board.

What happened in CA this week?

[Seabiscuit]

15. If the House applied the same logic to this it applies to impeachment,

it never would have brought the matter to a vote. You'd hear them whining: "we don't have the votes" (in the Senate/to overcome a veto).

[Sherman A1]

17. I will at least write my Senators

and do what I can to get this passed. If it works, it works. If he vetoes, he vetoes, but I believe we should at least try.

:shrug:

[rocktivity]

18. Next, can they do something about taking of public land for private development?

:shrug:
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