Zero. The number of Senate Republicans who voted in favor of considering the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would have helped end discriminatory pay practices against women.
The legislation, which had already passed the House, is now dead in the Senate, because it garnered only 58 votes instead of the 60 it needed to move forward.
Echidne finds this hilarious line in a Wall Street Journal piece: "Let's not embark upon a journey that leads us to gender warfare."
Got that? Wage discrimination isn't gender warfare, but fixing it is.
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