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Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 3772) did not pass

reddirtgirl · Platinum

This is atrocious, that 40 years after the first legislation women still aren't being paid equally for the same work. That it failed again in 2010 is more astounding to me than the illegal aliens getting in-state tuition. I'm going to find out who the neanderthals are in my state who voted against this bill, and make sure they are voted OUT in 2012.

Hillarysmygirl16 · Administrator

This one is on the GOP the truth is BOTH parties need slapped upside their heads for how they treat women.
I don't know why the men and women in congress think their lives are normal but with divorce rates being what they are and women having babies out of wedlock the 1950s type family is gone. Now women are supporting children with little help from the fathers. This is the new reality.
Then they wonder why women are the majority of people living in poverty

freespirit · Moderator

ALL Republicans voted against the bill - including Snowe and Collins, who crossed party lines to Support Health Care Reform - yet they didn't see fit to break ranks and vote for this bill. The only Dem voting against it was Ben Nelson of NE.

This is a damn disgrace. We need a serious revolution

From TruthOut.Org:

Senate Republicans Vote Unanimously Against Bill to Help Guarantee Fair Pay for Women

Wednesday 17 November 2010
by: Rebecca Lefton

Today, Senate Republicans voted unanimously against legislation to close the pay gap between women and men. The Senate voted 58-41 against allowing debate on the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would help end discriminatory pay practices against women. It had already passed the House.

More than 45 years after passage of the Equal Pay Act, the pay gap shockingly persists with women still earning on average 77 cents to every man’s dollar. According to the National Women’s Law Center, “This persistent pay gap translates to more than $10,000 in lost wages per year for the average female worker.” The gap is even worse for women of color: African-American women earn 61 cents and Latinas earn 52 cents for every dollar a white non-Hispanic man earns.

This afternoon on MSNBC, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said it was “outrageous” and “egregious” that “these senators voted against fair pay.” Watch it:

Women are half of all U.S. workers and mothers are the primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners in nearly two-thirds of American families. The Paycheck Fairness Act would be critical to strengthening the economic security of these families. The bill would have updated the landmark Equal Pay Act of 1963 by closing loopholes, strengthening incentives to prevent pay discrimination, and prohibiting retaliation against workers who inquire about employers’ wage practices or disclose their own wages. The act would have also addressed pay secrecy, which is a prevalent problem prohibiting employees from knowing whether discriminatory practices are occurring.

Not a single Republican supported the bill, including Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Susan Collins (R-ME), who had previously voted in favor of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which removed barriers blocking workers from seeking compensation from discriminatory pay practices. At the time, Snowe said, “This new law[] sends a clear message to the American people that this Congress is committed to these core principles and will continue to work in bipartisan fashion to break down the barriers of wage discrimination in our nation.”

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), who also voted for the Lilly Ledbetter Act, was the lone Democrat voting against the bill today. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was not present for the vote.

Unsurprisingly, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has a long record of opposing women’s rights urged Congress to vote against the act, as it did with Lilly Ledbetter in 2009.

-- Edited by freespirit on Friday 19th of November 2010 01:37:45 AM

reddirtgirl · Platinum

freespirit wrote:

ALL Republicans voted against the bill - including Snowe and Collins, who crossed party lines to Support Health Care Reform - yet they didn't see fit to break ranks and vote for this bill. The only Dem voting against it was Ben Nelson of NE.

This is a damn disgrace. We need a serious revolution

I fail to understand WHY it matters to Pubs or any other politician if women get equal pay for equal work. They act like the money is coming out of their own damn pockets!

You're right, freespirit. We do need a f**king revolution.

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Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 3772) did not pass the Senate

Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on US Senate's failure to pass Paycheck Fairness Act