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Obama signs equal-pay bill
President Obama hugs Lilly Ledbetter, the inspiration for the equal pay act that he signed into law Thursday, during a bill-signing ceremony at the White House also attended by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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President Obama signed his first bill Thursday, a gender pay equity law that had been a hallmark of...more

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