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Todd Akin Suggests Employers Should Be Able To Pay Women Less
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 28, 2012 03:59pm |
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| Author | Benjy Sarlin |
| News Date | Friday, September 28, 2012 07:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Todd Akin appeared to endorse allowing employers to pay women less than men at a town hall on Thursday.
Gender discrimination in compensation has been illegal in the United States since the passage of the 1963 Equal Pay Act. But in video provided by Sen. Claire McCaskill's campaign, Akin responded to a question about the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- which made it easier for workers to sue over unequal pay -- by suggesting that employers shouldn't even be barred from paying women less in the first place. |
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