Senate Republicans successfully blocked Democrats’ bill to narrow the gender wage gap in the party’s second use of the filibuster to block majority-backed legislation
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing to discuss President Joe Biden's budget request for FY 2022 on June 8, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington | Shawn Thew/Pool via APSenate Republicans successfully blocked Democrats’ bill to narrow the gender wage gap Tuesday in the party’s second use of the filibuster to block majority-backed legislation.
“We're hearing about how women are not returning to the market right now because of a number of reasons, including that they just aren't getting paid enough to pay for child care and the other challenges they have,” Senate HELP Chair The pandemic has exacerbated the disparity, with women disproportionately impacted by layoffs, school closures and a child care shortage. As recently as February, women’s labor force participation rate was 56 percent — the same as it was in 1987, according to the Labor Department.
“This should not be a partisan bill,” she added. “Any senator who agrees that women deserve to be paid fairly, for the work they do and who wants our families in our economy to fully recover from the economic harm of this pandemic should [have voted] for this legislation.”The bill doesn’t have a single GOP sponsor in the Senate. said. “In my state, we’re a right-to-work state. We’re going to have lots of opportunities over the next couple of years to find consensus on different ideas.
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