Paycheck Fairness Act expected to fail

[alp227]

Source: Washington Post

Democrats will bring to the Senate floor on Tuesday the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that is supposed to help close the wage gap between men and women.

The measure will fail, as intended, because at its core it is not so much a legislative vehicle as a political one intended to embarrass Republicans and help President Obama and congressional Democrats with female voters in November.

The bill, which needs 60 votes to clear procedural hurdles, faces almost certain defeat because most Republicans plan to vote against it. But Obama and Senate Democrats are hoping those votes will give them the opportunity to paint congressional Republicans as hostile to women’s interests.

The strategy is part of an increasingly common practice in Congress of moving legislation aimed solely at producing political results. For House Republicans, the strategy means votes to roll back parts of the Obama 2010 health-care reform bill or votes to highlight rising gasoline prices.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/paycheck-fairness-act-expected-to-fail/2012/06/04/gJQAPqvNEV_story.html

[chervilant]

1. Ah, yes...

A continuation of the Kabuki Theater which once was our political process...

[RitchieRich]

2. How can you protect just one group?

I don't know a lot about this issue, but it seems unrealistic:
-if you protect one group (women)-doesn't that imply that EVERY group should be protected? If not, that says something.
-if every group becomes protected, if all people are guaranteed equal pay for everything, wouldn't the whole thing spin out of control into a great Roman frenzy of suing?

[RitchieRich]

3. and-

if this really is intended to fail, doesn't it make a joke of the issue, strip the war against women of credibility? Its like handing a weapon to a Con. I can just hear Rush now.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. Wow, now here's an attempt at objectivity from the so-called Librul Media...

The measure will fail, as intended, because at its core it is not so much a legislative vehicle as a political one intended to embarrass Republicans and help President Obama and congressional Democrats with female voters in November.

They don't even try to hide it anymore!

[Wilms]

5. How about a bill to help close the wage gap between the 15% and the rest of us? n/t

[bayareaboy]

6. All good questions folks ...

When you bring a bill that will make things equal for most folks.

The media doesn't want to talk about that though, they want to say how RePUGs don't want it happen, because those dastardly Demos are not being fair, because they want all citizens to have the same rules, and well you know the rest.

Every body check your backs, because we must all have "Kick Me" taped to our ass.