Speaker John Boehner is claiming a “1998 memo written by President Clinton’s economic advisor proves that the facts about raising the minimum wage haven’t changed” in a Facebook post leading to an article on his website. The article Republicans’ Real Solutions For Creating Jobs & Boosting Wagesmakes several misrepresentations of fact and gets called out […]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., expresses her disappointment over Wednesday’s failure to move forward on the Paycheck Fairness Act. In a near volcanic eruption on the Senate floor, Mikulski said: “To simply get a vote on the Senate floor, we have to vote on a motion to proceed on whether we’re even going to take it […]
Democrat Wendy Davis blasted her Republican rival in the Texas governor’s race last Monday for saying he would veto a law that would make it easier for women to sue their employers over pay discrimination. “This Texas gal is calling you out,” she told about 160 cheering supporters at Scholz’s Beer Garden in Austin. She […]
It’s time for a raise. Here’s everything you need to know about minimum wage presented by NPR’s KQED News. These are facts presented using 25 graphics, with sources listed below each image. As Congress again delves into the hotly contested perennial debate over raising the federal minimum wage, a growing number of states and cities […]
President Obama spoke at Orlando’s Valencia College on Thursday, calling for equal pay for women. “Women are still earning just 77 cents on every dollar that a man does. Women with college degrees may earn hundreds of thousands of dollars less over the course of her career than a man at the same educational level, […]