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[checkpointme]

Senate Republicans Vote Unanimously Against Bill to Help Guarantee Fair Pay for Women

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Comments

[hairspray]

what in the actual fuck? do we get to find out why it wasn't passed? what "sane" argument could there possibly be?!

[maga_culinae]

WE DON'T WANT DEM DAMN GUBMENTS TELLIN' US WAT TER DO!!11111

Unless you're a woman or gay.

[hairspray]

...what if you're both

[maga_culinae]

Then you're double-fucked. :(

[koshkabegemot]

Are there any countries in the world where women get paid the same as men? 'Cause if there are, fuck it, I'm moving.

[ayrrie]

I don't know if any country has reached complete parity, but I seem to remember that Sweden ranks near the top (if not at the top) for gender parity in general.

[doctoreon]

Well, Britain passed the Equal Pay Act in 1970. There's a new movie coming out about the protests that led to it.

[fellclutch]

So, basically they're just voting against everything.

The next few years are going to be AWESOME. We get it, you don't like Obama but Americans want you to get shit done. You're just making yourself look like bigger assholes with every day that passes.

[jaded110]

2012 is gonna be FUN.

[wishiwasnt]

Pretty annoying when you realize that the female senators who voted against this already have statutorily-mandated equal pay.

[jaded110]

I hate Republicans.

And Ben Nelson can go fuck himself. Hypocrite.