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With pay equity and so what josh earnest was pushing back on were those numbers. if you look at them closely for salaries in 2014, white house salaries average male around here makes 88,660. average female, 78,400. back in 2009 it was 82,000 for the average male, 72,700 for the average female. same deal. 13% wage gap. josh earnest acknowledged they still have more progress that needs to be made but he insisted that women are being treated fairly here. listen. >> i think that there are a variety of measures to get at whether or not workers are receiving equal pay for equal work. you can look at...

Male employee earns about $88,600 compared to $78,400 for females on staff. earnest stretched the key measure for the white house is men and women in senior posts. he noted the president has been pushing legislation to help women not just in government but the private-sector as well. >> the president has put forward a lot of ideas. many of which have been blocked by republicans in congress. >> reporter: republicans note one day after the president taunted john boehner over a lawsuit -- >> so sue me. >> reporter: is a strange time for the twhous revive an economic agenda that's completely stall...