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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

On April 23, 2008, the Senate voted on a motion to advance the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a key bill that would have a major impact on the lives of women who’ve been subject to pay discrimination.

We've made it past the first vote — and we're gearing up for round two in the Senate. With 57 Senators voting in our favor, we are now just 3 votes away from moving the bill forward. And we need your help to make fair pay a reality for women.

Here at the National Women's Law Center, we're reaching out to Senators in key states who voted the wrong way the first time around. If you live in one of the following states, at least one of your Senators voted against the bill: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Iowa, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia. Please e-mail that Senator now.

If you don't live in one of those states, please forward this eCard to your friends, family, and contacts who do.

The Senate roll call on the 4/23/2008 cloture vote was as follows:

Alabama: Sessions (R-AL), NO, Shelby (R-AL), NO

Alaska: Murkowski (R-AK), NO, Stevens (R-AK), NO

Arizona: Kyl (R-AZ), NO, McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting

Arkansas: Lincoln (D-AR), YES, Pryor (D-AR), YES

California: Boxer (D-CA), YES, Feinstein (D-CA), YES

Colorado: Allard (R-CO), NO, Salazar (D-CO), YES

Connecticut: Dodd (D-CT), YES, Lieberman (ID-CT), YES

Delaware: Biden (D-DE), YES, Carper (D-DE), YES

Florida: Martinez (R-FL), NO, Nelson (D-FL), YES

Georgia: Chambliss (R-GA), NO, Isakson (R-GA), NO

Hawaii: Akaka (D-HI), YES, Inouye (D-HI), YES

Idaho: Craig (R-ID), NO, Crapo (R-ID), NO

Illinois: Durbin (D-IL), YES, Obama (D-IL), YES

Indiana: Bayh (D-IN), YES, Lugar (R-IN), NO

Iowa: Grassley (R-IA), NO, Harkin (D-IA), YES

Kansas: Brownback (R-KS), NO, Roberts (R-KS), NO

Kentucky: Bunning (R-KY), NO, McConnell (R-KY), NO

Louisiana: Landrieu (D-LA), YES, Vitter (R-LA), NO

Maine: Collins (R-ME), YES, Snowe (R-ME), YES

Maryland: Cardin (D-MD), YES Mikulski (D-MD), YES

Massachusetts: Kennedy (D-MA), YES Kerry (D-MA), YES

Michigan: Levin (D-MI), YES, Stabenow (D-MI), YES

Minnesota: Coleman (R-MN), YES, Klobuchar (D-MN), YES

Mississippi: Cochran (R-MS), NO, Wicker (R-MS), NO

Missouri: Bond (R-MO), NO, McCaskill (D-MO), YES

Montana: Baucus (D-MT), YES, Tester (D-MT), YES

Nebraska: Hagel (R-NE), Not Voting, Nelson (D-NE), YES

Nevada: Ensign (R-NV), NO, Reid (D-NV) *

New Hampshire: Gregg (R-NH), NO, Sununu (R-NH), YES

New Jersey: Lautenberg (D-NJ), YES, Menendez (D-NJ), YES

New Mexico: Bingaman (D-NM), YES, Domenici (R-NM), NO

New York: Clinton (D-NY), YES, Schumer (D-NY), YES

North Carolina: Burr (R-NC), NO, Dole (R-NC), NO

North Dakota: Conrad (D-ND), YES, Dorgan (D-ND), YES

Ohio: Brown (D-OH), YES, Voinovich (R-OH), NO

Oklahoma: Coburn (R-OK), NO, Inhofe (R-OK), NO

Oregon: Smith (R-OR), YES, Wyden (D-OR), YES

Pennsylvania: Casey (D-PA), YES, Specter (R-PA), YES

Rhode Island: Reed (D-RI), YES, Whitehouse (D-RI), YES

South Carolina: DeMint (R-SC), NO, Graham (R-SC), NO

South Dakota: Johnson (D-SD), YES, Thune (R-SD), NO

Tennessee: Alexander (R-TN), NO, Corker (R-TN), NO

Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), NO, Hutchison (R-TX), NO

Utah: Bennett (R-UT), NO, Hatch (R-UT), NO

Vermont: Leahy (D-VT), YES, Sanders (I-VT), YES

Virginia: Warner (R-VA), NO, Webb (D-VA), YES

Washington: Cantwell (D-WA), YES, Murray (D-WA), YES

West Virginia: Byrd (D-WV), YES, Rockefeller (D-WV), YES

Wisconsin: Feingold (D-WI), YES, Kohl (D-WI), YES

Wyoming: Barrasso (R-WY), NO, Enzi (R-WY), NO

*Senator Reid is a strong supporter of the bill, but for technical reasons he had to vote No. As Senate Majority Leader, this will enable him to bring the bill up at another time.