Paycheck Fairness Act

Jun. 8, 2021 | H.R. 7

The Paycheck Fairness Act would update the Equal Pay Act. Although the 1963 law made it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to male and female employees for the same work, wage disparities persist in both the private and public sectors, at every educational level, across the country. 

This bill would require employers to demonstrate that wage gaps truly result from factors unrelated to gender and prohibit retaliation against workers who discuss their pay with co-workers. It would also bring remedies and class-action procedures into conformance with those available for other civil rights claims, and strengthen the government’s ability to identify and remedy discrimination by requiring employers to report pay data to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The Senate blocked this legislation on June 8, 2021.

 

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Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 49
NAYs: 50

Legislator State Sort descending Party Vote
Sen. Lisa Murkowski
AK
Republican No
Sen. Dan Sullivan
AK
Republican No
Sen. Tommy Tuberville
AL
Republican No
Sen. Richard C. Shelby
AL
Republican No
Sen. Tom Cotton
AR
Republican No
Sen. John Boozman
AR
Republican No
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
AZ
ID ID Yes
Sen. Mark Kelly
AZ
Democrat Yes
Sen. Alex Padilla
CA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Dianne Feinstein
CA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. John Hickenlooper
CO
Democrat Yes
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy
CT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
Democrat Yes
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
Democrat Yes
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
Democrat Yes
Sen. Rick Scott
FL
Republican No
Sen. Marco Rubio
FL
Republican No
Sen. Jon Ossoff
GA
Democrat Yes
Sen. Raphael Warnock
GA
Democrat Yes