Sedition Party Senators Filibuster Paycheck Fairness Act

The “Grim Reaper of Democracy,” Mitch McConnell, and his obstructionist gang of GQP seditious senators filibustered the Paycheck Fairness Act in the Senate on Tuesday. Senate GOP blocks bill to combat gender pay gap:

Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked legislation aimed at addressing pay inequality, marking their second successful use of the filibuster under President Biden.

Senators voted in a party-line 49-50 to try to advance the legislation, falling short of the 60 votes needed to overcome the procedural hurdle for cloture.

The one Democrat who missed the vote was Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).

While Democrats control the chamber because Vice President Harris is able to break ties, they still would have needed at least 10 GOP votes in order to advance the bill on Tuesday evening.

Hey Joe Manchin! Where are those ten Republican “patriotic senators” you keep promising to produce? Still waiting.

Republican opposition was not on the substance of the bill, but rather this was seditious GQP senators following the “Grim Reaper of Democracy’s” policy of total obstruction using the Senate filibuster rule to defeat anything proposed by the Democrats, proposals which are popular with the American people. You are enabling the destruction of American democracy, Joe.

You do know that more than half of American voters are women who are sick and tired of the unfairness in their paychecks? They will remember that you enabled Sedition Party obstruction of a bill they want to see passed, and for what? A few thousand dollars in campaign contributions from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce?

The bill would limit employers to “bona fide” factors such as education, training and experience when justifying pay differentials in wage discrimination claims.

Employers would also be prohibited from retaliating against workers who compare salaries and barred from inquiring about prospective employees’ salary histories during the hiring process.

The bill would further direct the Labor Department to establish a grant program providing negotiation skills and training for girls and women.

“Right now an employer can brush aside reports of pay discrimination by saying things like ‘Well, he was a better negotiator’ or ‘They work in different buildings.’ I mean, what does that have to do with it?” said Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.).

The bill, previously passed the House in a 217-210 vote.

It’s the second successful filibuster waged by Republicans since Biden was sworn in. The first occurred late last month when Republicans largely stuck together to block a Jan. 6 commission bill from moving forward, with six GOP members breaking ranks.

Those are likely the first two in what is shaping up to be a long summer of filibuster fights, as Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) vows to bring a voting rights bill to the floor in a matter of weeks.

In addition to the voting rights package, Schumer is mulling holding votes on gun reforms and LGBTQ rights.

“It’s ridiculous that Senate Republicans will not even allow the Senate to debate a straightforward piece of legislation to help provide equal pay for working women in America, just like it was ridiculous for the Republican minority to filibuster bipartisan legislation to create an independent commission on Jan. 6,” Schumer said.

“Americans expect their government to make progress to improve our country, but Senate Republicans once again seem to be choosing obstruction,” he added.

Why are we forced to go through this Kabuki theater of demonstrating to Joe Manchin and other Democratic holdouts on the Senate filibuster rule that there is no good faith on the part of the Sedition Caucus senators engaged in a policy of total obstruction to destroy American democracy?