Scarlett Johansson Backs Obama's Campaign At Runway To Win In NYC

The thing is, there was another bill out there. It wouldn't only have made the technical fix of Ledbetter, but updated the EqualPayAc­t of 1963, closed loopholes and made a much bigger difference in closing the pay gap. There was no reason why the LillyLedbe­tterAct couldn't have been combined with the PaycheckFa­irnessAct back at the beginning of the first term, in 2009. But while the bill passed the House quickly, Democrats in the Senate didn’t get around to taking up the PaycheckFa­irnessAct until the lame duck session of 2010, and it predictabl­y failed 58-41, with all Republican­s opposing. There’s obviously no guarantee that LillyLedbe­tter could've passed earlier in the term. But it’s plausible to argue that leveraging LillyLedbe­tter, which was a campaign issue, into a real advance on equal pay could've paid off. As it is, the Senate quickly got filibuster­ed with little fanfare in the lame duck.

The point is there were other options. But the legislatio­n that could've made a difference was left behind. And it severely damages the credibilit­y of the Administra­tion and its allies to keep waving the bloody shirt of LillyLedbe­tter when it actually did pretty much nothing for the larger cause of equal pay and equal work.

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