Recently, one of the big employment law bills passing through Congress — the Ledbetter Equal Pay Act — was blocked by a Senate filibuster.

The bill was created in response to last year’s Supreme Court decision that ruled pay discrimination claims are subject to a 180-day statute of limitations beginning at the time the discriminatory pay rate was set (when the employee was hired, in most cases). It would have reset the 180-day limit to start again every time the employee gets a paycheck.

The House of Representatives had voted in favor of the bill, but Senate Democrats didn’t have enough votes to stop the Republican filibuster.

The bills supporters have said they’ll try bring it up for another vote in the near future.

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