Whitehouse Calls for Paycheck Fairness for Women

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The U.S. Senate today, by a vote of 58-41, failed to invoke cloture on a bill that would have helped ensure equal pay for women in the workforce. The Paycheck Fairness Act would have provided women with additional legal safeguards to protect against pay discrimination.

Following the bill's defeat, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) submitted remarks to the Congressional record highlighting the need for this common-sense legislation.

"Four decades after the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, women still earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts," said Whitehouse. "We owe it to the hard working women of the United States, especially in these difficult economic times, when every penny of every paycheck counts, to continue to fight for equality."

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