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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: pay discrimination

pay discrimination stories: 2 news summaries

(AP) - A wage-discrimination bill that heralds the pro-labor policies of the Democratic-controlled Congress and White House cleared the Senate on a 61-36 vote today and could be on President Obama's desk within days. The legislation reverses a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that narrowly defines when workers can claim wage discrimination, even... More »

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Congress • wages • pay discrimination • President Obama

 Equal Pay Bill Blocked in Senate 

Clinton and Obama declare truce to back bill stomped by GOP

Apr 24, 08 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama interrupted their rival campaigns yesterday to vote together on a bill that would make it easier for women to sue employers for pay discrimination. But their moment of unity proved fruitless as Senate Republicans blocked the bill, likely killing it for the rest of the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Mitch McConnell • Civil Rights Act • US Supreme Court • pay discrimination • Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act • Lilly Ledbetter • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • equal pay

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