As nearly everyone knows at this point, the Supreme Court tried to gut equal pay mandates in the Civil Rights Act by imposing a ridiculous 180 day statute of limitations on filing a claim after the payroll decision has been made.
Some members of Congress have decided to go ahead and fix this. A quick summary of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, in case you've missed it:
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes.
It was killed last year, and it jut came up again. The legislation passed the House by a huge margin, and came to a vote in the Senate today. The roll call on cloture was just posted, and hot damn is it interesting.