Thursday, January 29, 2009

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Obama signs workforce anti-discrimination law
Reuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 29 Jan 2009 8:12 AM PST
President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law on Thursday, handing his labor and women's rights backers a victory by reversing a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that made it harder to sue for pay discrimination.

Obama signs equal-pay bill
AP via Yahoo! News Thu, 29 Jan 2009 8:17 AM PST
President Barack Obama signed an equal-pay bill into law Thursday before cheering labor and women leaders who fought hard for it and the woman whose history-making lawsuit gave impetus to the cause.

Obama's snow jibe meets icy rebuff in Washington
AFP via Yahoo! News Thu, 29 Jan 2009 8:05 AM PST
Shivering Washington residents gave a chilly reception Thursday to a sarcastic dig from President Barack Obama over their inability to cope with wintry weather.

Obama, first lady visit daughter's school
USA Today Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:53 AM PST
A day after President Obama publicly teased local school officials for canceling class because of wintry weather, he and his wife visited their younger daughter's school on Thursday.

Obama touts equal-pay bill at signing ceremony
AP via Yahoo! News Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:45 AM PST
President Barack Obama signed an equal pay bill into law Thursday, declaring that it's a family issue, not just a women's issue.

Obama signs equal-pay bill
USA Today Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:37 AM PST
President Obama is singing the praises of newly passed legislation making it easier for workers to sue for discrimination on the job.

Top Obama envoy in Gaza peace mission
CNN Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:37 AM PST
U.S. President Barack Obama's top envoy to the Middle East spent Thursday conferring with Palestinian and Israeli officials in an attempt to maintain the Hamas-Israel cease-fire and regenerate a static peace process.

After one grandma's struggle, Obama signs equal pay law
AFP via Yahoo! News Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:53 AM PST
As a grandmother's crusade peaked in a lavish White House ceremony, President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a new law making it easier for women to sue their employers for pay discrimination




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