1.29.2009

Obama's First Bill


Obama signed it today - the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. It's a bill to fix a screwy decision by the Supreme Court a year or so ago that barred Lilly Ledbetter from filing a discrimination claim (she was getting paid 40% of her male counterparts for decades). Lilly's story is touching. The Post piece is here, NPR's profile is here.

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