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	<title><![CDATA[The Horror, The Horror!: GOP, Business Alarmed by Fair Pay Bills]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-levine/the-horror-the-horror-gop_b_156083.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p> Congress is expected to vote this week on critical legislation remedying <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/page-gardner/how-congress-can-act-now_b_155993.html">pay inequity</a> for women. But, as I point in a new <em>In These Times </em><a href="http://www.theittlist.com/site/ittlist/ind/5313/the_horror_the_horror_gop_business_alarmed_over_fair_pay_for_women_bills_fa/">column,</a> what's especially striking is the horrified response of the GOP and business groups to these common-sense measures -- a forerunner of the <a href="http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/washington/2009/01/07/Obamas-Potential-Labor-Union-Woes">upcoming fight</a> over the Employee Free Choice Act to create a level playing field for organizing. Some excerpts:</p>

<p> <blockquote>Why have pro-business leaders, such as the National Association of...</blockquote></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-01-07T18:13:00-05:00</date_published>
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