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House Sends Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to Obama
News — ... that featured Ledbetter blasting McCain for voting against bringing it to the Senate floor. Obama is expected to sign the measure. The House passed the bill today 250-177 , largely along party lines; it passed the Senate last Thursday ...

Self-Hating GOP Women
Booman Tribune — The fact that only three House Republicans (none of them women) vote for final passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 is just stunning. When the Senate passed the bill, every woman in the Senate voted for it. That makes sense, since the bill ensures women cannot be discriminated against in the workplace. But, amazingly, Republicans (including all the their women in the House) are totally into discriminating against women. What explains this?

“Republican” Leonard Lance: 60% Voting Record with Liberals
PoliPundit.com — ... session and there have been 5 key votes so far. Leonard Lance has voted with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama on 3 of them for a 60% voting record with the Democrats! What a disgrace to call yourself a Republican with that kind of a voting record. His latest vote with the Democrats was one of ONLY THREE Republican votes in the House for passage of the bill. Here is the Leonard Lance Voting Like a Liberal Scorecard: 1. HR-12 Paycheck Fairness Act - Voted NO 2. S-181 Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - Voted YES (switched vote from NO on HR-11) 3. ...

The Republican Death Spiral
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... on the campaign trail, with McCain offering little rebuttal. In the Senate, five Republicans -- out of 41 -- voted with the Administration on Ledbetter, including all four Republican women. In the House, just three Republicans did -- out of 178. ...

A Republican Death Spiral?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... on the campaign trail, with McCain offering little rebuttal. In the Senate, five Republicans -- out of 41 -- voted with the Administration on Ledbetter, including all four Republican women. In the House, just three Republicans did -- out of 178. ...