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What Equal Pay Day? McConnell Slams Paycheck Fairness Act

We Don’t Need It!

On a day meant to symbolize wage discrepancies between women and men, Mitch McConnell slammed the Democrats’ bill—and provided yet more fodder for the ‘war on women’ meme.

Eleanor Clift
Eleanor Clift
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Not everyone is aware that Tuesday was Equal Pay Day, marking how much extra time women would have to work into 2014 to earn as much as men.

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Eleanor Clift

Eleanor Clift

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