Paycheck Fairness Act

Apr. 9, 2014 | S. 2199
The Paycheck Fairness Act would have required employers to demonstrate that wage gaps between men and women doing the same work were actually due to factors besides gender. It also would have prohibited retaliation against workers who shared salary information or inquired about their employers' wage practices. The bill would have brought Equal Pay Act remedies and class action procedures into conformance with those available for other civil rights claims, and required the Labor Department to provide training and collect wage information. The bill failed.

This is Good for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 53
NAYs: 44

Legislator State Party Sort descending Vote
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
Democrat Yes
Sen. Harry Reid
NV
Democrat No
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
HI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Barbara Boxer
CA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Jack Reed
RI
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mark Pryor
AR
Democrat Yes
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
ND
Democrat Yes
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
Democrat Yes
Sen. Martin Heinrich
NM
Democrat Yes
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Bill Nelson
FL
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tom Harkin
IA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Patty Murray Democrat Yes
Sen. Kay Hagan
NC
Democrat Yes
Sen. Mark Begich
AK
Democrat Yes
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy
CT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Ron Wyden
OR
Democrat Yes
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand
NY
Democrat Yes
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat Yes