Urgent: stop a Republican filibuster of fair pay for women

[Triana]

We are closer than ever to fair pay for women.
Do the right thing for Lilly Ledbetter.
We've been battling for fair pay for two years — we are almost there. http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/senate_support_ledbetter/">Can you help us clear the final hurdle?


Last week, you took action to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in the U.S. House, and your efforts were successful — the bill passed overwhelmingly.

Thank you so much for taking action in the House — now, can you help us clear the Senate?

Last year, the Senate failed to get the 60 votes necessary for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to clear filibuster. Let's make sure that doesn't happen again.

We are closer than ever to passing legislation that would be a meaningful step in the right direction in the battle for fair pay, but Republican obstructionists are still trying to stop us. The cloture vote could happen in the next twenty-four hours — it is crucial that as many of us as possible take action and ask our friends to help.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/senate_support_ledbetter/">Click here to to tell your senators to support the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and that the bill deserves a fair up-or-down vote. Women across America are counting on you.

Thank you for working to ensure equality for all Americans.

Kate Stayman-London, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets

[Enrique]

1. I called Mel Martinez's office the other day

he filibustered last year, but didn't seem to understand the legislation. I asked his person to ask the senator to let it go through this time. He's retiring and maybe isn't so interested in being an obstructionist.

[Triana]

2. If they filibuster this again I'm gonna be PISSED...

...again.

:grr:

PS: THANK YOU for calling Martinez!

[Kalyke]

3. Why do Republicans hate women so much?

I have never been able to understand why any woman is a Republican. These old white men want us barefoot, pregnant and gagged.

[Triana]

4. lovely old patriarchal, authoritarian, christianity...

...or some such - that subjugates women.

[TheWraith]

6. Well, it's not just that... they're against anything that smells of fairness. nt

[Enrique]

7. equality is unamerican

I shit you not...



http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/29/prager-equality-unamerican/

Equality, which is the primary value of the left, is a European value, not an American value. Let me tell you that right now. I know this sounds offensive to half of my fellow Americans, because they have been Europeanized in their values. The French Revolution is not the American Revolution. The French Revolution said Liberty, Fraternity, Equality. The American Revolution said Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. We have lost touch with what our distinctive American values are. We have distinctive American values. … We have a better value system, and this is being protected by one of the two parties: the Republican party.

[FLAprogressive]

5. We have the votes. Specter, Snowe, and Collins voted to end the filibuster last year

and I seriously doubt that they'd join one now.

[struggle4progress]

8. Some Rs facing reelection in 2010 :

Shelby, Murkowski, McCain, Isakson, Crapo, Grassley, Bunning, Vitter, Gregg, Burr, Coburn, Specter, DeMint, Thune, Bennett

Constituents should call their offices and scream at staff if any of them obstruct important legislation

[specimenfred1984]

9. OK, but I'm still against a woman's right to marry, LOL

Darn women, who do they think they are wanting to be treated like human beings???

[struggle4progress]

10. The Broken Back of the GOP (BooMan on the cloture vote)

by BooMan
Thu Jan 15th, 2009 at 02:48:58 PM EST

Here are the Republicans that voted for cloture on the Lilly Ledbetter Act, which protects women against discrimination in pay.

Alexander (R-TN), Bennett (R-UT), Bond (R-MO), Burr (R-NC), Collins (R-ME), Corker (R-TN), Grassley (R-IA), Gregg (R-NH), Hutchison (R-TX), Martinez (R-FL), McCain (R-AZ), McConnell (R-KY), Murkowski (R-AK), Snowe (R-ME), Specter (R-PA), Voinovich (R-OH), Wicker (R-MS)

Even though Roland Burris, Sherrod Brown, Teddy Kennedy, and Al Franken didn't vote, cloture passed 72-23 ... The Republicans are discovering that their back is broken. Mitch McConnell will only be able to sustain filibusters on legislation that the Republicans see as a real threat to their ability to win elections ...

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/1/15/144858/701