The Senate last night passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which reverses a Supreme Court decision limiting a worker's ability to sue an employer over sex-based wage discrimination.
Approved by a 61-36 vote, the measure now goes back to the House for a final vote, which proponents of the bill said they expected to come quickly.
It requires a second House vote because that chamber combined the Ledbetter legislation with a measure the Senate did not vote on. It originally passed the House Jan. on a 247-171 vote.
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