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Should you be paid less?

06/30/2011 Nativegrl77

We don’t think so, but some apparently do — women STILL earn 23 cents less for every dollar earned by men.

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Let’s make one thing clear: last week’s Supreme Court decision against Betty Dukes and the women of Wal-Mart may have been deeply disappointing, but it’s NOT the end of the road for their pay discrimination case. And it’s absolutely not the end of the road for our fight for fair pay. Will you be with us?

Please support the Center’s work for fair pay for women at this urgent time.

In the last Congress, we fell only two votes short of passing the Paycheck Fairness Act in the U.S. Senate after it passed in the House. This key piece of legislation is now back in Congress, and with your help we can make sure that our elected representatives provide the women of Wal-Mart — and women everywhere — a true chance at equal pay and a fairer workplace.

We are committed to seeing this important bill pass, but we can’t do it without generous donations from supporters like you.

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Thank you so much for your help today and for the powerful support you’ve given the Center in the past. Together, we’ll see the day when everyone agrees with us that Women Are Not WorthLess™.

Sincerely,

Fatima Goss Graves
Vice President for Education and Employment
National Women’s Law Center

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Thursday in Congress … oh wait the Republican led House is gone! – the Senate

06/30/2011 Nativegrl77

Senate Convenes at 9:30amET June 30, 2011

Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning
business until 12:00pm with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes
each with the time equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or
their designees, with the Majority controlling the first hour and the
Republicans controlling the second hour.
Following morning business, the Senate will be in Executive Session to
consider Calendar # 197, the nomination of David H. Petraeus, of New Hampshire,
to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, with two hours for debate
equally divided in the usual form.
Upon the use or yielding back of time (at approximately 2pm), the Senate
will conduct a roll call voteon confirmation of the Petraeus nomination.At approximately 2:00pm today, the Senate will conduct a roll call vote on
confirmation of Executive Calendar #197, the nomination of David H. Petraeus, of
New Hampshire, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.