Obama Signs Equal-Pay Legislation
nytimes.com 1/29/2009 — President Obama signed his first bill into law on Thursday, approving legislation that expands workers’ rights to sue over pay discrimination. >

Equal Pay in the New Administration
tortdeform.com 1/23/2009 — A new, self-proclaimed feminist President pledges to support fair pay legislation. Now it is up to the Senate to do the same. On this month’s cover of Ms. Magazine, “Superman Obama” rips open his shirt to reveal the message, “This...

Ledbetter Pay Act Could Be First Bill Obama Signs
onthehillblog.blogspot.com 1/23/2009 — With Senate passage, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act could be the first bill President Obama signs into law. A number of bills are competing for that honor.

Equal Taxes. Equal Rights
taxday2009.com 4/11/2009 — Equal Taxes. Equal Rights

Equal Pay Day
pay-equity.org 4/28/2009 — qual Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. The day, observed on a Tuesday in April, symbolizes how far into the year a woman ...

TPM: News Pages | Talking Points Memo | Obama signs equal-pay bill
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Thomas (Library of Congress): Acts on Equal Pay for Equal Work & Labor Discrimination
thomas.loc.gov 1/8/2009 — To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory ...

Open Call: April 28th is Equal Pay Day
open.salon.com 4/28/2009 —   Tomorrow, April 28th, is Equal Pay Day .  I’d like to put aside any feelings we have about how Equal Pay for Equal Work has been politicized far beyond the original message, and focus on the human reality of unequal pay. The lack ...

Obama Signs Stimulus Bill
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 2/18/2009 — President Obama signed his $787 billion recovery package into law on Monday with a statement that it would "set our economy on a firmer foundation."

.:: Every Vote Equal ::.
every-vote-equal.com 12/16/2008 — "innovative new proposal ... Legislatures across the country should get behind it" New York Times March 14, 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------- "The Sun-Times News Group backs the concept and applauds the National Popular ...

Obama's missing timetable for Afghanistan — Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 1/29/2009
With a coming NATO summit, he must be clear on his goals for a war that isn't going well.

Republican senators vow to resist Obama stimulus plan (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/29/2009
AFP - Angry Republican senators vowed Thursday to put up a fight against President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill after the package passed the House of Representatives with no opposition support.

Obama signs equal pay law — First Read 1/29/2009
From NBC's Athena Jones With the stroke of a pen, President Obama signed his first bill into law and fulfilled a campaign promise to help make it easier to sue for equal pay. The bill is named for an Alabama woman who found out her employer, ...

Obama seeks GOP help for recovery bill (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/29/2009
AP - President Barack Obama's economic stimulus legislation is headed for the Senate after a surprisingly partisan vote in the House in which Republicans united in opposition and 11 mostly conservative Democrats defected.

Stimulus bill moves to Senate, where GOP wants compromise — CNN Political Ticker 1/29/2009
(CNN) — President Obama's economic stimulus plan cleared its first hurdle, but it was hardly the bipartisan victory he hoped for — not a single House Republican broke ranks to support it. In fact, 11 Democrats also voted against the $819 ...