Every Single House Republican Just Voted to Block the Paycheck Fairness Act

[ProSense]

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Every Single House Republican Just Voted to Block the Paycheck Fairness Act

Nice outreach to women, goposaurs!

From Freak Out Nation blog:

The House GOP just blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act, which was created “To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.” So, when Republicans try to feign a connection with minorities and/or women, remember this when you vote. Every single House Republican voted to block the Paycheck Fairness Act.

http://freakoutnation.com/2013/04/11/in-not-so-shocking-news-house-republicans-just-blocked-the-paycheck-fairness-act/

More on the story from The Huffington Post:

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the sponsor of the equal pay legislation, filed a discharge petition on the bill Thursday morning that would immediately force a vote on it if she could collect 218 signatures. Democrats also put forth a motion on Thursday known as the "Previous Question," which would have enabled them to put the Paycheck Fairness Act up for a vote, but Republicans killed the effort by a vote of 226 to 192.

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"I think we're looking at a group of people who either don't believe there is a pay gap or who just want to be contrary," DeLauro told HuffPost in a phone interview. "This bill isn't a liberal plot. We have enough statistical information to demonstrate that no matter what the job is, whether you're a waitress or bus driver or civil engineer, women are paid less money."

Every Republican that was present for the vote on Thursday voted against the motion to bring the bill up for a vote, so DeLauro is unlikely to get the number of signatures she needs for her discharge petition. But she said she has managed to drum up bipartisan support for the bill in the past, and she is going to continue to work on her Republican colleagues this session.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/11/paycheck-fairness-act_n_3063804.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/11/1201132/-Every-Single-House-Republican-Just-Voted-to-Block-the-Paycheck-Fairness-Act

[livetohike]

1. Yes the GOP really are that stupid. They don't have a clue that their policies are the problem

they really don't.

[Marie Marie]

9. No no - it is not their policies.

They just haven't been good at the messaging of these policies.

[Newest Reality]

2. Why do they hate America?

consistently. Oh we don't have Inc. after our names. That's right.

[Coyotl]

28. Do the Republican women who voted "No" hate all women?

Really, how can the Republican women fall in lockstep with leadership like this and vote against their own gender's interests?

[graham4anything]

3. Shameful.

[marmar]

4. Sadly unsurprising.

nt

[Triana]

5. And women vote for these schmucks.

[gateley]

6. Some of them ARE women! Wonder if they get paid the same as their male counterparts.

[Triana]

19. gov't jobs - they probably do

But are evidently indifferent/clueless as to the up to half a million dollars other women lose in a lifetime due to unequal pay.

[Coyotl]

29. Ask them if they will take a pay cut to 70% of male salaries!

[gateley]

30. Exactly.

[fascisthunter]

7. Oh my, shameless. And what are dems doing

cutting SS and medicare. Whata sick joke. Wake the fuck up DU memebers... you are being played by a very organized bunch funded by DC.

[ProSense]

8. There

"Oh my, shameless. And what are dems doing cutting SS and medicare. Whata sick joke. Wake the fuck up DU memeners... you are being played by a very organized bunch funded by DC."

...are no cuts to Medicare benefits in the budget. Still, have you seen some of the other proposals:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022656561
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2657822

[sheshe2]

11. IMHO

Shameless, because I do believe we are being played by some very organized members of DU.

[October]

16. There has definitely been a "divide and conquer" aura around here for some time now

So much in-fighting, etc. Someone, feeling low, posted that he wanted to "quit." Instead of lifting him up or whatever - they took shots at him.

I remember when that kind of thing didn't happen around here.

[HiPointDem]

25. Divide and conquer is pretending like this is some kind of earth-shattering legislation when it's

not.

[October]

37. Thank you for your comment/opinion.

Here's a good read on the issue, which is an important one. (Link below.)

The energy around here arguing against "fair" legislation of any kind is disappointing.

No facts, links, or expanded reasoning - just condescending blanket statements of opinion tinged with anger and divisiveness.

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http://jezebel.com/5980513/your-handy-guide-to-the-very-important-paycheck-fairness-act


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[freshwest]

10. Silly liberuls! Keep 'em barefoot and pregnant, that's the ticket!

Don't you realize we're on a journey to the glorious days of yesteryear?

From some of what's been going on here, I guess I need to offer this:



Apply liberally as needed. Until you get it right. I mean, left. That is...

[HiPointDem]

18. What does this legislation do that existing legislation mandating equal pay & offering remedies

doesn't?

Seems like performance art to me.


Equal Pay/Compensation Discrimination

The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work. The jobs need not be identical, but they must be substantially equal. Job content (not job titles) determines whether jobs are substantially equal. All forms of pay are covered by this law, including salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits. If there is an inequality in wages between men and women, employers may not reduce the wages of either sex to equalize their pay.

An individual alleging a violation of the EPA may go directly to court and is not required to file an EEOC charge beforehand. The time limit for filing an EPA charge with the EEOC and the time limit for going to court are the same: within two years of the alleged unlawful compensation practice or, in the case of a willful violation, within three years. The filing of an EEOC charge under the EPA does not extend the time frame for going to court.

Title VII also makes it illegal to discriminate based on sex in pay and benefits. Therefore, someone who has an Equal Pay Act claim may also have a claim under Title VII.

Title VII, the ADEA, and the ADA prohibit compensation discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. Unlike the EPA, there is no requirement under Title VII, the ADEA, or the ADA that the jobs must be substantially equal.

http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/equalcompensation.cfm

[bluestate10]

12. And some DU "Progressives" think they accomplish something by sitting out the 2014 election.

I pray that Independents show up in mass during the 2014, they are more rational. Real Democrats and Independents in Massachusetts saved a good liberal Governor from defeat during the 2010 election, while the "Progressives" threw their weight behind a no-hope candidate, so as to live up to their "principles". In the world of many "Progressives" Down is Up and Ass-back-wards is full speed forward.

[sheshe2]

13. Gloria Foxx

Most Republicans oppose the bill, and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said on the House Floor Thursday afternoon that the bill is a "liberal plot" to perpetuate the narrative that Republicans are anti-woman. DeLauro countered that she has yet to hear a reasonable excuse for Republicans to oppose the bill.

Oh Gloria
we don't need a bill to perpetuate that narrative. All your party needs to do is open there mouths. Enough said!

[Cha]

21. Poor paranoid, disingenous, Virginia Foxx. North Carolina

can do Better.

[Ilsa]

14. Call female and minority GOPers. Ask them

if they like to make 77 per cent of what their white male colleagues make. Tell them you're going to propose that bill to all the white males in the House. See how they like it. Then tell them they have no remedy for such blatant discrimination.

[HiPointDem]

15. What does it do that existing equal pay legislation doesn't?

Equal Pay/Compensation Discrimination

The Equal Pay Act requires that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work. The jobs need not be identical, but they must be substantially equal. Job content (not job titles) determines whether jobs are substantially equal. All forms of pay are covered by this law, including salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits. If there is an inequality in wages between men and women, employers may not reduce the wages of either sex to equalize their pay.

An individual alleging a violation of the EPA may go directly to court and is not required to file an EEOC charge beforehand. The time limit for filing an EPA charge with the EEOC and the time limit for going to court are the same: within two years of the alleged unlawful compensation practice or, in the case of a willful violation, within three years. The filing of an EEOC charge under the EPA does not extend the time frame for going to court.
Equal Pay/Compensation and Sex Discrimination

Title VII also makes it illegal to discriminate based on sex in pay and benefits. Therefore, someone who has an Equal Pay Act claim may also have a claim under Title VII.
Other Types of Discrimination

Title VII, the ADEA, and the ADA prohibit compensation discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability. Unlike the EPA, there is no requirement under Title VII, the ADEA, or the ADA that the jobs must be substantially equal.

http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/equalcompensation.cfm

[pediatricmedic]

23. Not sure, it does what existing legislation already does. Why are people freaking out over this?

[one_voice]

17. Wish I could say I'm surprised...

frickin' assholes.

[Gore1FL]

20. It's funny that Foxx thinks it's a liberal plot.

She seems to think they are forcing her to vote against it.

Strange woman.

[Cha]

22. That will go over big in

2014. thanks ProSense

[judesedit]

24. 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 Get out the vote. Get rid of GOP parasites

[uponit7771]

26. This is the big news....

[Coyotl]

27. Please edit the OP and add this

Two sizes to select from:

[ProSense]

31. Thanks, I like it. Done! n/t

[Coyotl]

36. I hope that goes image viral and has a very long life!

When I get really pissed off, I vent by creating a graphic.

[NCTraveler]

32. k/r. nt.

[randome]

33. But...but...there is no difference between the parties.

I'm so confused.

[dickthegrouch]

34. Repubs need some new Swiss bank accounts :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022659647

That'd learn them

[redqueen]

35. re: 'But this act is no big deal!' and 'Women voted against it too!'

1. Yes, it is. And its not exactly hard to find out why.
http://jezebel.com/5980513/your-handy-guide-to-the-very-important-paycheck-fairness-act

2. Why in the hell is anyone still surprised that women hold sexist and misogynist views? We are ALL raised in a patriarchy in which women are not full human beings. Women are still the oppressed group which most deeply internalizes their own oppression. This is not news.