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If Congress is serious about protecting workers fromdiscrimination, it should consider more thoughtful proposals than effectively eliminating Title VII's limitations period.

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act would allow pay discriminationlawsuits to proceed years or even decades after allegeddiscrimination took place.

6 Min Read (Reuters) - Back in 2006, when Cheryl Kellogg was negotiating her starting salary as a life science teacher at an elite Indiana residential high school on the campus of Ball State University, the school’s co-director offered her $32,000 a year. Kellogg, who has a master’s degree and had been teaching for more than a decade in the medical laboratory technology program at a small college in Wyoming, said the offer seemed low. The school’s co-director, according to Kellogg, batted away her protest. He knew her husband worked at Ball State, the director allegedly told Kellogg. So...

They are so progressive? seriously. >> remember the supreme court nominees were not the 88 cents on a dollar types. right? that obama put on the supreme court. this is not somebody who -- >> tucker: he put mediocre people on the court. >> these are people shirke peopt shirk away from advancing women and he didn't harass them. >> tucker: why didn't he pay them as much as men? >> historically they are under paid and that is a shame. >> tucker: why didn't he pay them more? >> it's a function of where they were when he paid them. >> the ledbetter act people are always saying you give them the same...

>> remember the supreme court nominees were not the 88 cents on a dollar types. right? that obama put on the supreme court. this is not somebody who -- >> tucker: he put mediocre people on the court. >> these are people who didn't shirk away from advancing women and he didn't harass them. >> tucker: why didn't he pay them as much as men? >> historically they are under paid and that is a shame. >> tucker: why didn't he pay them more? >> it's a function of wheret they were when he paid them. >> the ledbetter act people are always saying you give them the same number. you are using the dodge cons...