As expected, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act passed Congress (the House passed the Senate version 250-177 on January 27). President Obama has announced he will sign the bill into law–the very first bill he will sign–on January 29. The Act will overturn a U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the time frame for bringing pay
Senate Passes Lilly Ledbetter Bill 61-36
The Senate voted 61-36 yesterday to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which is intended to overturn a U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the time frame for bringing pay discrimination claims. The bill now will have to be reconciled with the House’s version of the bill (H.R. 11), approved on a 247-171 vote Jan.
WSJ Reports EFCA Unlikely to Pass Soon
According to yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is not likely to become law in the first 100 days of the Obama Administration. Because Republicans are threatening a filibuster, congressional Democrats are likely to instead focus their early efforts on two other low-hanging fruit: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act