The Breakdown: Why Did the GOP Block the Paycheck Fairness Act?

The Breakdown: Why Did the GOP Block the Paycheck Fairness Act?

The Breakdown: Why Did the GOP Block the Paycheck Fairness Act?

Women still earn 77 cents on a man’s dollar for full-time work. The Paycheck Fairness Act would have helped remedy that unequal pay. On this week’s The Breakdown, the Center for American Progress’s Heather Boushey joins Christopher Hayes to talk about why Republican senators blocked the bill.

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The Paycheck Fairness Act would help remedy unequal pay for women. On this week’s The Breakdown, the Center for American Progress’s Heather Boushey joins Christopher Hayes to talk about why Republican senators blocked the bill.

The Breakdown On November 17th, the GOP blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act in the Senate.  On average, today women earn 77 cents to their male counterpart’s dollar in the workplace.  The Paycheck Fairness Act would have helped remedy that unequal pay. It was viewed by many as an uncontroversial law, which causes many to question if this first substantial bill out of the lame duck Congress serves as a preview of the difficult session to come.  On this week’s segment of the Breakdown, DC Editor Chris Hayes discusses what the Act is and why the GOP chose to block it with Senior Economist at the Center for American Progress Heather Boushey.

Related Links

Heather Boushey’s bio at Center for American Progress.

Boushey’s article for Slate on why the Senate should pass the Paycheck Fairness Act.

Denise DiStephan writes on TheNation.com about what the demise of the Paycheck Fairness Act means for women.

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