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Pistarkle

(196 posts)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 07:35 PM Jun 2012

Tea Partied Republican Senators Dump on Women AGAIN!

Today Tea Partied Republican Senators presented one more reason WOMEN need to register, verify their current voter registration records and vote them out in November. Every single Tea Partied Republican Senator used their LAZY, SILENT FILIBUSTER ROUTINE to block the Democrats’ bill calling for equal pay in the workplace on a vote of 52-47.

According to an article at rttnews.com entitled Senate GOP Blocks Equal Pay Act For Women, the “Republicans want to stick their heads in the sand and ignore the reality that American women experience in the workplace every day…The legislation Republican filibustered today would have built on the Lilly Ledbetter Act to protect women from retaliation from their employers, and ensure they can discuss wage issues freely with their colleagues.”

The Tea Partied Republican’s CONSTANT war against women regarding workplace equality, choice, affordable health care benefits for themselves and their families and higher education opportunities for their children must end!

1. Locate the name of the Tea Partied Republican Senator from your state who voted against the bill at the US Congress Votes Database - http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/112/

2. Make a note of the name of the Senator who voted against the bill;

3. Circulate the name among family, friends, acquaintances, on social networks, and

4. If the Senator’s term is up for reelection in November - Vote them out!

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