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hschulein

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Thu Sep 18, 2014, 08:45 AM Sep 2014

Mike Malloy - Republicans Unanimously Block Equal Pay Bill



After allowing the Paycheck Fairness Act to move forward last week, Senate Republicans turned around on Monday evening and unanimously voted to block the bill, which would ban salary secrecy and tighten rules to try to narrow the gender wage gap.

The vote came weeks after the Republican National Committee claimed that “All Republicans support equal pay.” Senate Republicans have unanimously shot the bill down multiple times over the past four years.

The bill includes a number of provisions aimed at preventing the gender wage gap in the first place, which currently means a woman who works full time, year round makes 77 percent of what a similar man makes and hasn’t budged in a decade.

Full story: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/09/15/3567740/republicans-paycheck-fairness-act/

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