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02/09/09

I spent most of the weekend watching the debate in the Senate on the stimulus bill, or listening to people talk about the debate on the stimulus bill. I know I am suffering from stimulus bill overload, but before I go stick my head in an ice bucket, I want to make the following points.

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Valerie Young

02/06/09

. We've heard of the trade gap, wage gap, and gender gap. Now comes the " milk gap ."

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Nanette Fondas

02/06/09

Imagine this: a user-friendly website where, with free and easy access, mothers who have given birth within the last three years provide detailed feedback about their birth experiences at the one end, and parents-to-be will soon be able to retrieve the pooled reporting on local providers and facilities at the other end, all anonymously and nationwide. But no need to imagine, and this is a first!

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Jackie Levine

02/05/09

Last week, President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act -- his first new law as president, and a bill long championed by Connecticut's own Rosa DeLauro. In his speech to mark the occasion , he drew a direct connection between supporting fair pay practices, and the economic security of our country:

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Katie Bethell

02/05/09

A couple weeks back I circulated Jill Lepore's New Yorker article about the breast pump to my closest friends of facebook. The article raised some hackles from friends who felt like it was too critical of the commitment made by pumping mamas. And what is to criticize? Pumping takes a heroic effort.

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Sonya Lunder

02/05/09

It's time to celebrate again! Yesterday, President Obama signed into law an expanded State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), bringing healthcare to 11 million children. Thank you for the more than 135,000 letters you sent this year in support of a strong SCHIP! You rock!

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Donna Norton

Breastfeeding

02/05/09

A couple weeks back I circulated Jill Lepore's New Yorker article about the breast pump to my closest friends of Facebook. The article raised some hackles from friends who felt like it was too critical of the commitment made by pumping mamas. And what is to criticize? Pumping takes a heroic effort...

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Sonya Lunder

Open Flexible Work

02/03/09

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (named after the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. employee who sued too late for equal pay) was signed into law on January 29, 2009. It allows employees to challenge pay discrimination by filing a claim within 180 days of discriminatory conduct (payment of discriminatory wages, with each paycheck treated as

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