The House passed the Paycheck Fairness Act today, by a vote of 247-178. This bill will help end the discriminatory practice of paying a woman less than a man for performing the same job by strengthening the landmark Equal Pay Act and closing the loopholes that have allowed some employers to avoid responsibility for discriminatory pay.
This action comes a year after the House addressed another discriminatory pay issue with the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
The House approved that measure last year to rectify a Supreme Court
decision that made it harder for workers to pursue pay discrimination
claims.
