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	<title><![CDATA[Congressional Antics with Semantics]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-freedman/congressional-antics-with_b_59019.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Just when you think Congress can't sink any lower, they surprise you. This past Tuesday (July 31), the House passed the <a href="http://www.capwiz.com/now/webreturn/?url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.2831">Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act</a>, which dangerously waters down the definition of employment discrimination. </p>

<p>This charming piece of legislation declares that an employer breaks the discrimination laws every time that employer sends an employee a paycheck, if the dollar amount of the paycheck results "in whole or in part" from a discriminatory decision -- no matter how long...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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