The First Bill President Obama Will Sign

[Undercurrent]

President Obama is set to sign the Lily Ledbetter Act, the first legislation of his presidency. Both the House and the Senate have passed the bill.

From the AP:

The bill is a response to a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that said a person must file a claim of discrimination within 180 days of a company's initial decision to pay a worker less than it pays another worker doing the same job. Under the bill, every new discriminatory paycheck would extend the statute of limitations for another 180 days.

The plaintiff in the case, Lilly Ledbetter, argued that she did not become aware of the pay discrepancy until near the end of her 19-year career at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant in Gadsden, Ala.

The Bush White House and Senate Republicans blocked the legislation in the last session of Congress, but Obama strongly supports it and the Democratic-controlled Congress moved it to the top of the agenda for the new session that opened this month.

Ledbetter traveled with Obama on his pre-inauguration train ride from Philadelphia to Washington.

edited for link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/lily-ledbetter-act-the-fi_n_161423.html

[elleng]

1. A great woman

who will NOT BENEFIT from this legislation. We all owe her something.

[SunsetDreams]

2. K&R!!

[Danger Mouse]

3. This makes me happy.

:)