Evidently, women believe they don't only need to have their incomes assured to them by the federal government, but, the state government as well. Marsha Blackburn is rhetorical. She has nothing to say. She takes up space in the US House and empty minutes on talk shows.
For a decade, Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, has been trying to pass a bill in Texas that would give women an opportunity to file an equal-pay lawsuit.
On the last night that the Texas Senate could hear House bills, House Bill 950, the Lilly Ledbetter Act, passed narrowly with a 17-14 vote.
“It’s like going into labor and the doctor says, ‘It’s time to make this delivery,’” said Thompson after her bill passed late Wednesday. “Women are always the last persons to get rights that other people have had for ages.”
If Gov. Rick Perry signs the bill, Texas will be one of 43 states to pass the act, which brings states into accordance with a United States Supreme Court decision that determines that the statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit begins at the date that the pay was agreed upon....
The Democrats did themselves proud and now there are 43 states currently as enthusiastic as they were that first day.
The Democrats did themselves proud and now there are 43 states currently as enthusiastic as they were that first day.
