Mitch McConnell isn't fond of women

Last year the Supreme Court rubber-stamped discrimination against women in Ledbetter vs. Goodyear Tires, as they ruled that employees can only file gender discrimination suits within 180 days of the original discriminatory act. As Avoce says:

That means that even if the discrimination is ongoing, a woman cannot file suit, which, of course, assumes we both become aware of the issue and can form a substantive claim of discrimination - notoriously difficult to prove in the first place, let alone within 6 months. The ruling effectively shut down any wage discrimination suits by any woman, ever.

Today, bipartisan legislation is in the Senate which seeks to correct this travesty, co-sponsored by Republican Olympia Snowe- The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. But.... like all good legislation in the last year plus.... you know what happens next:

Senate Republicans said on Tuesday that they were confident they would be able to block legislation intended to reverse a Supreme Court ruling last year that established tight time restrictions on lawsuits over pay discrimination.

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But Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other Republicans said the bill, which is opposed by the business community and the Bush administration, could create a flood of lawsuits.

“We think that this bill is primarily designed to create a massive amount of new litigation in our country,” said Mr. McConnell, the minority leader.

Leadership aides and other Republicans said they expected to be able to deny backers of the bill the 60 votes needed to bring it to the floor in a showdown scheduled for Wednesday.

Block. Obstruct. Blame. Same old game.

Those whiny women will just have to take their lower wages and like it.

There's no doubt about it. Mitch McConnell is not fond of women.

(Oh, and John McSame will not be there to vote, of course)

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